NCT06518239Completed
Establishing Optimal PEEP Setting for Obese Patients in the Steep Trendelenburg Position
Establishing Optimal PEEP Setting for Obese Patients in the Steep Trendelenburg Position: a Pilot Study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Enlight 2100 electrical impedance tomography (EIT) belt can optimize positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during surgery better than standard anesthesia machines.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Primary completion date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06518239
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 30
- From 18 Nov 2024 to the primary completion date, 11 Feb 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Presence of phrenic nerve palsy or other diaphragm conditions.
Other
- Currently pregnant.
- Presence of pacemaker, neurostimulator, spinal cord stimulator, or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
- Skin ulcerations on upper torso near the belt placement.
- Thoracic circumference \> 134 cm.
- Tracheomalacia.
- Inability to speak and understand English.
Who the study is looking for
- BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2
- Age \> 18 years
- Scheduled for elective laparoscopic abdominal surgery in the steep Trendelenburg position.
- Able to provide informed consent.
Age in the registry: 19 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Unknown status |
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