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Tetrology of FallotNCT07184476

Assessment of Microvascular Circulation in the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patient

An observational study of Tetrology of Fallot, run by Boston Children's Hospital at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

The pediatric cardiac surgery patient endures a tremendous number of physiologic alterations during surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) that lasts well into the recovery period. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 1 day to 17 years
Conditions the study is for
Tetrology of Fallot
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
18 Mar 2026to 17 Mar 2027
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 1 day to 17 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: Patients will be identified by preoperative assessment at Boston Children's Hospital.

Who may be able to join

  • All patients with primary diagnosis of ventricular septal defect or tetrology of Fallot

Who cannot join

  • Critical airway, congenital genetic abnormality of the mouth/tongue

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

    Sharon Boyle, 6173557077, sharon.boyle@cardio.chboston.org

    sharon.boyle@cardio.chboston.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

The pediatric cardiac surgery patient endures a tremendous number of physiologic alterations during surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) that lasts well into the recovery period. Most of the hemodynamic data are assessed and treated with macrovascular assessment tools such as blood pressure and central venous line measures. Studies show there may be an incoherence of macrovascular to microvascular assessment; i.e. a patient with a stable macrovascular status may not be in the state of microvascular stability. The use of a handheld device called Cytocam incident dark-field (IDF) microcirculatory camera (Braedius Medical, Huizen, Netherlands) gives real-time video screening and data feedback to assess the microvasculature in the hemodynamically labile patient.

Medical subject headings
Tetralogy of Fallot

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT07184476
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Primary Tetrology of Fallot repairCyanotic physiology with Tetrology of Fallot w/pulmonary stenosis or atresia
Primary ventricular septal defect repair (VSD)Acyanotic lesion with VSD repair patch graft

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Braedius Cytocam efficacy in the pediatric surgery patient

    Evaluate the effective use of handheld vital microscopy (HVM), i.e. the Cytocam incident dark-field (IDF) microvascular camera along with CCTools software (Braedius-Medical Huizen, The Netherlands) in the microvasculature for pediatric cardiac surgery patient.

    Measured: - After intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) initiated - after cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - after CPB ends - every 4 hours during the first 48 hours after admitted to the intensive care unit

  2. Capillary density measurements

    Evaluate perioperative microcirculatory changes with relationship to routine clinical interventions in pediatric cardiac surgery care: Perfused vessel density (PVD) mm squared x mm squared (both continuous and categorical: lowest quartile vs rest) assessed per CCTools software.

    Measured: - After intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)initiated - After cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - after CPB ends - every 4 hours during the first 48 hours after admitted to the intensive care unit

  3. Microcirculatory flow index grading

    Microcirculatory flow index (MFI) (both continuous - a qualitative score graded as having no flow, intermittent, sluggish, or continuous flow ranging from 0 (no flow) to 3 (normal flow) with < 2.6 defined as disturbed perfusion quality - categorical).

    Measured: - After intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) initiated - after cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - after CPB ends - every 4 hours during the first 48 hours after admitted to the intensive care unit

  4. Surrogates of tissue perfusion and acute kidney injury

    Surrogate of tissue perfusion with low urine output (<0.5ml/kg/hr > 1 yr, < 1 ml/kg/hr < 1 yr). Chi-squared and Correlation analysis

    Measured: - After intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) initiated - after cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - after CPB ends - every 4 hours during the first 48 hours after admitted to the intensive care unit

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Early outcome measures of prolonged ventilator times

    Are microcirculatory changes associated with early outcome measures in pediatric patients? Association between microcirculation assessment of Perfused vessel density (PVD) mm squared x mm squared (both continuous and categorical: lowest quartile vs rest) assessed per CCTools software and prolonged ventilator times as defined by >48 hours.

    Measured: - after intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)initiated - after cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - after CPB ends - every 4 hours during the first 48 hours after admitted to the intensive care unit

  2. Adverse outcomes

    Are microcirculatory changes associated with adverse outcomes in pediatric patients? Association of microcirculation flow index <2.6 (no units - using the Massey grading system) with the semi-automatic software analysis (CCTools). Averaging the values of each time point to major adverse reaction of stroke

    Measured: - after intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) initiated - after cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - every 4 hours during the first 48 hour after admitted to the intensive care unit

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Sep 2025
  2. Study start18 Mar 2026
  3. Primary completion17 Mar 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion17 Mar 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07184476
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB-P00050326
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
7 Aug 2025
Last updated
28 May 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided: Determining efficacy of using the device in Boston Childrens Hospital

Publications

  • Mukaida H, Matsushita S, Kuwaki K, Inotani T, Minami Y, Saigusa A, Amano A. Time-dose response of oxygen delivery during cardiopulmonary bypass predicts acute kidney injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Aug;158(2):492-499. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.148. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

    PubMed 30578056
  • Favia I, Garisto C, Rossi E, Picardo S, Ricci Z. Fluid management in pediatric intensive care. Contrib Nephrol. 2010;164:217-226. doi: 10.1159/000313733. Epub 2010 Apr 20.

    PubMed 20428006
  • Massey MJ, Larochelle E, Najarro G, Karmacharla A, Arnold R, Trzeciak S, Angus DC, Shapiro NI. The microcirculation image quality score: development and preliminary evaluation of a proposed approach to grading quality of image acquisition for bedside videomicroscopy. J Crit Care. 2013 Dec;28(6):913-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.06.015. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

    PubMed 23972316
  • Erdem O, de Graaff JC, Hilty MP, Kraemer US, de Liefde II, van Rosmalen J, Ince C, Tibboel D, Kuiper JW. Microcirculatory Monitoring in Children with Congenital Heart Disease Before and After Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2023 Dec;16(6):1333-1342. doi: 10.1007/s12265-023-10407-4. Epub 2023 Jul 14.

    PubMed 37450208
  • Mendelson AA, Lam F, Peirce SM, Murfee WL. Clinical perspectives on the microcirculation. Microcirculation. 2021 Apr;28(3):e12688. doi: 10.1111/micc.12688. No abstract available.

    PubMed 33629399
  • Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference Group. Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: consensus recommendations from the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;16(5):428-39. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000350.

    PubMed 25647235
  • Selewski DT, Cornell TT, Heung M, Troost JP, Ehrmann BJ, Lombel RM, Blatt NB, Luckritz K, Hieber S, Gajarski R, Kershaw DB, Shanley TP, Gipson DS. Validation of the KDIGO acute kidney injury criteria in a pediatric critical care population. Intensive Care Med. 2014 Oct;40(10):1481-8. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3391-8. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

    PubMed 25079008
  • Kuiper JW, Tibboel D, Ince C. The vulnerable microcirculation in the critically ill pediatric patient. Crit Care. 2016 Oct 30;20(1):352. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1496-x.

    PubMed 27794361
  • Top AP, Ince C, Schouwenberg PH, Tibboel D. Inhaled nitric oxide improves systemic microcirculation in infants with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6):e271-4. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31820ac0b3.

    PubMed 21297516
  • Watchorn JC, Fargaly H, Gilani M, Assadi J, Deitchman AR, Naumann DN, Wollborn J, Goebel U, McCurdy MT, Hutchings SD. The Reproducibility of the Point of Care Microcirculation (POEM) Score When Used to Assess Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Shock. 2020 Jul;54(1):15-20. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001474.

    PubMed 31764623
  • Gilbert-Kawai E, Coppel J, Bountziouka V, Ince C, Martin D; Caudwell Xtreme Everest and Xtreme Everest 2 Research Groups. A comparison of the quality of image acquisition between the incident dark field and sidestream dark field video-microscopes. BMC Med Imaging. 2016 Jan 21;16:10. doi: 10.1186/s12880-015-0078-8.

    PubMed 26797680
  • Alten JA, Klugman D, Raymond TT, Cooper DS, Donohue JE, Zhang W, Pasquali SK, Gaies MG. Epidemiology and Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric Cardiac ICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Oct;18(10):935-943. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001273.

    PubMed 28737598
  • Scolletta S, Marianello D, Isgro G, Dapoto A, Terranova V, Franchi F, Baryshnikova E, Carlucci C, Ranucci M. Microcirculatory changes in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Aug;117(2):206-13. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew187.

    PubMed 27440632
  • Buijs EA, Verboom EM, Top AP, Andrinopoulou ER, Buysse CM, Ince C, Tibboel D. Early microcirculatory impairment during therapeutic hypothermia is associated with poor outcome in post-cardiac arrest children: a prospective observational cohort study. Resuscitation. 2014 Mar;85(3):397-404. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.10.024. Epub 2013 Nov 5.

    PubMed 24200889
  • Akin S, Dos Reis Miranda D, Caliskan K, Soliman OI, Guven G, Struijs A, van Thiel RJ, Jewbali LS, Lima A, Gommers D, Zijlstra F, Ince C. Functional evaluation of sublingual microcirculation indicates successful weaning from VA-ECMO in cardiogenic shock. Crit Care. 2017 Oct 26;21(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1855-2.

    PubMed 29073930

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Tetrology of Fallot, run by Boston Children's Hospital at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Sharon Boyle (6173557077, sharon.boyle@cardio.chboston.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Braedius Cytocam efficacy in the pediatric surgery patient (time frame: - After intubation in operation room - 10 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) initiated - after cross clamp placed - every hour on CPB - after CPB ends - every 4 hours during the first 48 hours after admitted to the intensive care unit). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07184476, which also lists 19 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 May 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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