Breathing Tube-Free anesthesia could speed kidney transplant recovery
NCT ID NCT07377123
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares a new 'tubeless' anesthesia method (using a laryngeal mask and lighter sedation) to standard breathing-tube anesthesia in 60 kidney transplant patients. The goal is to see if it reduces the need for muscle relaxants and other drugs, and improves recovery. Participants will be followed for life to track long-term outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Tubeless spontaneous ventilation anesthesia (a procedure using laryngeal mask and specific drugs like propofol, remifentanil, cisatracurium)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a safer, faster-recovering anesthesia method for kidney transplant patients, reducing side effects from muscle relaxants.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (60 people) at one center. The procedure may not be safer or more effective than standard anesthesia, and risks like breathing problems or inadequate anesthesia depth exist.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. No gender restriction, age 18-65 years (including upper and lower limits). 2. First-time recipient of citizen organ donation kidney transplantation. 3. Type of citizen organ donation must be Category I China (Donation after Brain Death DBD). 4. Donor and recipient blood type identical. 5. Panel reactive antibody (PRA) results negative within six months preoperatively. 6. Body mass index (BMI) \<28 kg/m². 7. No severe pulmonary ventilation or gas exchange dysfunction, preoperative pulmonary function assessment meets kidney transplantation requirements, preoperative chest CT shows no significant abnormalities. 8. No severe arrhythmia (frequent atrial fibrillation or ventricular premature beats), normal cardiac function (ejection fraction \> 50%). 9. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification ≤ III. 10. Voluntarily participate in clinical research, fully understand this study and voluntarily sign the informed consent form, and complete all trial procedures. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Combined multi-organ transplantation. 2. Previous history of organ transplantation other than kidney. 3. Living donor kidney transplantation. 4. If one of the two patients receiving a kidney from the same donor does not meet the inclusion criteria, the other patient is also excluded. 5. Previous history of mental illness, current psychological assessment does not meet transplantation criteria. 6. Other situations where the organ transplant physician assesses the patient as not suitable for transplantation. 7. Poor compliance of the recipient or other situations deemed by the researcher as unsuitable for inclusion in the trial.
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