Ultrasound could spot swallowing trouble before ICU patients wake up
NCT ID NCT05922085
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether ultrasound can help find swallowing problems early in ICU patients who are on a breathing machine. Swallowing issues are common after the breathing tube is removed and can lead to lung infections or longer hospital stays. Researchers will use ultrasound at the bedside to check swallowing muscles, then compare results with a standard camera test. The goal is to see if ultrasound can reliably predict who will have trouble swallowing, so doctors can act sooner.
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Study facts
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- 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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: Patient: * Major (≥18) * On mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours * Affiliated to national health insurance Exclusion Criteria: Patient: * Under legal protection (curatorship, guardianship, safeguard of justice) * Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman * Refusal to participate by the patient or their proxy (or an immediate family member) * Cognitive disorders incompatible with the understanding of instructions * Previously diagnosed swallowing disorders * With a neurological condition at the origin of the SD (stroke, ALS...) * Treated for a lesion of the aerodigestive tract (by surgery, radiotherapy or radio-chemotherapy) * presence of wounds or dressings on the areas to be evaluated that prevent ultrasound measurements * Patient for whom a decision to limit or stop life support treatments has been taken collegially within the intensive care unit * With one or more contraindications to performing NF: * Anatomical features not compatible with NF: mainly deviation of the nasal septum. * Risk of significant otorhinolaryngological bleeding
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Dijon Bourgogne
RECRUITINGDijon, France