Spinal stimulation to help ARDS patients get off the ventilator
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether stimulating nerves in the spine can help people with severe lung injury (ARDS) breathe without a ventilator sooner. It may help shorten the time you need a breathing machine in the ICU.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 to 85 years old
- You are in the ICU and recently put on a breathing tube (within 48 hours), with confirmed ARDS
- You can give consent or your next of kin can
- Your back, chest, and leg/arm anatomy allows safe stimulation, and the breathing muscles can respond to nerve testing
- You do not have devices like pacemakers/defibrillators or implanted neurostimulators
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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