Ultrasound technique may reduce surgery complications
NCT ID NCT07258875
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether a special ultrasound technique called VExUS can help doctors manage fluids better during chest surgery. The goal is to see if it lowers the chance of lung and kidney problems after surgery. About 230 adults having video-assisted lung surgery will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) protocol
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that using VExUS ultrasound to guide fluid management reduces the risk of lung and kidney complications after thoracic surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage study focused on measuring outcomes, not a treatment. The approach may not significantly improve patient outcomes or may be difficult to implement widely.
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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 230 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Adults \>18 years undergoing video assisted thoracic surgery/ lobectomy requiring one-lung ventilation. Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate. * Pneumonectomy. * Young athletes (risk of physiologically large IVC \>2 cm). * Moderate-severe tricuspid regurgitation, moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension * Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, EF\<35% * Portal hypertension, portal vein thrombosis, or liver cirrhosis. * Stage 4 or end-stage chronic kidney disease (eGFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m² or dialysis). * Transfusion with more than 2 packed red blood cells unit perioperatively (intraoperatively, in the PACU, in the ward)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University General Hospital of Heraklion
RECRUITINGHeraklion, Crete, 71500, Greece
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