Ultrasound may help pick better breathing tubes for kids with heart defects
NCT ID NCT07586592
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares using ultrasound versus an age-based formula to choose the correct breathing tube size for children aged 3 months to 8 years with single ventricle heart conditions. The goal is to see which method leads to fewer breathing tube placement attempts and less post-surgery airway problems like stridor. The trial is currently recruiting 60 participants at Ain Shams University.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ultrasound device and Cole's formula (age-based calculation)
- What this could lead to
- If ultrasound proves more accurate, it could reduce breathing tube complications in children with single ventricle heart conditions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (60 participants) comparing two methods, not testing a new treatment. Results may not apply to all children or settings.
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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.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
- Ages
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3 months to 8 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: * Pediatric patients (3 months to 8 years) * Patients with single ventricle physiology * Scheduled for Glenn or Fontan surgery or cardiac catheterization * Patients with Glenn or Fontan shunt scheduled for surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal of legal guardians * Emergency surgery * Patients with tracheostomy tubes * Recent or active upper respiratory tract infection * Airway anomalies (e.g. Pierre Robin, Treacher Collins) * ICU stay due to complications other than that of airway
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ain Shams University
RECRUITINGCairo, Abbasseya, 00202, Egypt
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