Clinical trials: Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
Arteriovenous Graft Thrombosis, End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
Changes in Regional Ventilation-Perfusion Match Following Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Arteriovenous Graft Thrombosis
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) often require arteriovenous grafts (AVG) for hemodialysis. AVG thrombosis is a common complication, usually managed by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) to restore blood…
- Trial name
- NCT07613632
- Testing
- Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) Monitoring
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College
Healthy Volunteers
Physiological Effects of High-flow Nasal Cannula During Exercise
The high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has increased its evidence in patients during pulmonary rehabilitation. These studies hypothesize that the physiological effects of HFNC (positive expiratory pressure, anatomical dead space…
- Trial name
- NCT05550935
- Testing
- High-flow Nasal Cannula
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Pulmonary Ventilation
Distribution of Pulmonary Ventilation With the Modified Pachon Incentive vs. Branded Respiratory Incentive
Incentive spirometry is a method to stimulate deep breathing and maximum sustained inflations, which provides participants with visual feedback on the inspiratory volume achieved, favoring lung inflation.
- Trial name
- NCT05532748
- Testing
- Respiratory exercise protocol with the modified Pachon's incentive, Respiratory exercise protocol with Branded respiratory incentive, "Triflo II®"
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Titration of PEEP During Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With ARDS Using Electrical Impedance Tomography.
Lung units that participate in gas exchange are known as 'recruited' lung. Patients with lung injury suffer from a proportion of units that do not participate in gas exchange (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT02596178
- Testing
- Electrical Impedance Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
The Clinical Application of EIT in Clinically Ill Patients: a Cross-sectional Study
The application of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in intensive care is increasing. It can provide additional information on individual respiratory physiology of patients, enabling clinicians or respiratory therapists to…
- Trial name
- NCT06954415
- Testing
- No intervention (observational study)
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Early Switch in Moderate ARDS
The optimal timing for transition from controlled to assisted mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains uncertain.
- Trial name
- SWITCH-ARDS (NCT07907276)
- Testing
- Protocolized Transition From Controlled to Assisted Mechanical Ventilation
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Vagus Nerve Diseases, Epilepsy
Electrical Impedance Tomography & Selective Stimulation of Vagus Nerve
Electroceuticals is a new field in which the goal is to treat a wide variety of medical diseases with electrical stimulation of autonomic nerves.
- Conditions
- Vagus Nerve Diseases, Epilepsy, Vagus Nerve Autonomic Disorder
- Trial name
- EITsVNS (NCT05664854)
- Testing
- Nerve cuff electrodes for spatially selective vagus nerve stimulation and electrical impedance tomography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Acute Respiratory Failure
Study on Ventilation Distribution With Electrical Impedance Tomography for Paediatric Respiratory Failure
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive, bedside monitoring technique that provides continuous, real-time information about the regional distribution of the ventilation.
- Trial name
- PELUCHE1 (NCT05347563)
- Testing
- Electrical impedance tomography
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Pediatric Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) Titration Using Electrical Impedence Tomography (EIT)
The goal of this clinical trial is to perform a PEEP titration protocol and use EIT to identify the optimal PEEP at which lung overdistention and collapse are most effectively balanced.
- Trial name
- NCT06684119
- Testing
- Electrical Impedance Tomography positive end-expiratory pressure titration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Electrical Impedance Tomography
Evaluation of Postoperative Ventilation Distribution With Electrical Impedance Tomography
Postoperative patients require respiratory management . It is known that the intrapulmonary ventilation distribution becomes uneven due to dorsal atelectasis and ventral hyperinflation during mechanical ventilation management…
- Trial name
- NCT05389735
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Osaka University
Neonates and Preterm Infants, Cardiopulmonary
Triple EIT (Electrical Impedance Tomography)
This study plans to learn more about ways to look at participant's lungs using new machines called Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT). The EIT does not use harmful radiation like CT or x-ray.
- Trial name
- NCT07247474
- Testing
- Electrical impedance tomography (EIT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Robotic Surgery, Post Operative Pulmonary Complications
Low-Intensity Mechanical Ventilation in the Operating Room: a Pilot Study
The aim of the study is to assess whether a bundle of protective low-intensity mechanical ventilation interventions reduces perioperative atelectasis and postoperative pulmonary complications, compared with standard care in a…
- Trial name
- VIOLET (NCT07277244)
- Testing
- Low Intensity Mechanical Ventilation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
PreTerm Neonate, Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)
PEEP FOR LUNG RECRUITMENT IN PRETERM INFANTS-EIT STUDY
Babies born early (under 32 weeks) are at risk of developing lung problems after birth. A major reason for this is that the lungs are not fully developed.
- Conditions
- PreTerm Neonate, Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP), Lung Recruitment, Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
- Trial name
- [PEOPLE] (NCT06705257)
- Testing
- Studying the effects of varying levels of PEEP using Electrical impedance tomography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Rib Fractures
Comparison of Lung Function Based on Electrical Impedance Tomography and CT Lung Volume in Patients With Rib Fractures
Our research uses the electrical impedance tomography system (EIT), which can use the applied current and measurement voltage through the body surface electrode group, and use the reconstruction algorithm to construct an image…
- Trial name
- EIT (NCT04946331)
- Testing
- Electrical impedance tomography system
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Mechanical Ventilation, Ventilation Perfusion Mismatch
Post-hoc Analysis of Regional Pulmonary Perfusion and Hemodynamic Parameters Measured by Electrical Impedance Tomography
Define the capability and reliability of the PulmoVista® 500 (PV500) to detect changes in global and regional ventilation and perfusion.
- Trial name
- NCT04249414
- Testing
- PulmoVista 500
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Obesity, Mechanical Ventilation Pressure High
Evaluation of Regional Lung Mechanics in Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery
This study will evaluate what is the impact of laparoscopy and Trendelenburg position on lung regional ventilation distribution in obese patients, focusing on the differences between the different phases of surgery.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Mechanical Ventilation Pressure High, Intraoperative Respiratory Injury
- Trial name
- OBESE-EIT (NCT05554536)
- Testing
- PEEP titration trial
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
General Anesthesia
Determination of Optimal Positive End-expiratory Pressure Using Electrical Impedance Tomography in Children Under General Anesthesia: Comparison Between Supine and Prone Positions
The purpose of this study was to determine the appropriate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in children under general anesthesia and to investigate whether there is a difference…
- Trial name
- NCT05275309
- Testing
- Exploration of optimal PEEP in supine and prone position
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
RecruitmEnt Assessed by eleCtRical Impedance Tomography
The RECRUIT study is a multinational, multicenter physiological observational study conducted by the PLUG working group. It is a single-day study (1.5-2 hours) associated with specific lung (de)recruitment maneuvers to verify the…
- Trial name
- RECRUIT (NCT04460859)
- Testing
- Specific lung recruitment maneuvers
- Where
- 4 sites in Brazil, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 171 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Neuromuscular Disease Patients, Central Neurological Disease Patients
Electrical Impedance Tomography for the Assessment of Neurological Disease
Overview of study. This is an observational study that is intended to provide the first in-human data using EIT as a biomarker of muscle health in neuromuscular conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05238038
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Acute Lung Injury
Regional Lung Opening and Closing Pressures in Patients With Acute Lung Injury
The purpose of this study is the measurement of regional opening and closing pressures of lung tissue by electrical impedance tomography in lung healthy and patients with acute lung injury.
- Trial name
- NCT01107847
- Testing
- low flow pressure volume manoeuvre
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein