Personalized breathing settings for ECMO patients
Part of Infections, Injuries & trauma, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether personalized breathing machine settings can improve outcomes for people on ECMO (a heart-lung support machine). It is designed for patients who have had or are waiting for a lung or heart transplant.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have had a lung or heart transplant, or you are definitely waiting for one.
- You are fully committed to receiving all life-support treatments.
- Your doctor agrees to the study's breathing tube settings and muscle relaxants.
- You have been on ECMO (a heart-lung machine) for 72 hours or less.
- You do not have certain stomach or esophagus problems (like bleeding varices or recent surgery) that would prevent a special breathing tube.
- You are not pregnant or in prison.
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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