Clinical trials: Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
Pulse Wave vs. Saline Contrast EIT for Pulmonary Perfusion in ARDS
Monitoring pulmonary perfusion is crucial in critical care, especially for conditions like ARDS. Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a valuable, non-invasive tool for real-time bedside monitoring.While well-established for…
- Conditions
- ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- NCT07908368
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Stroke
Applicability of Techniques of Lung Expansion
The survival of patients with lesions in the central nervous system is usually accompanied by physical and mental sequelae. These impairments favor the prolonged restriction to the bed, which may contribute with changes in…
- Trial name
- NCT02613832
- Testing
- EPAP, Breath Stacking
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Cystic Fibrosis
Electrical Impedance Imaging of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
The goal of this feasibility study is to evaluate the ability of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for providing regional and quantitative information about the extent and nature of bronchial obstruction in patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT02524704
- Testing
- CT scan
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Mechanical Ventilation, Bioelectrical Impedance
Electrical Impedance Tomography Guided Assessment of Optimum PEEP Levels During Mechanical Ventilation in Lateral Decubitus Position
Goal of this study is to determine optimal PEEP levels for patients undergoing surgery in lateral decubitus position. Patients will be randomized into 3 groups - PEEP 0, 5 and 10 mbar.
- Trial name
- NCT03704038
- Testing
- PEEP level
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Dubrava
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Electrical Impedance Tomography in Fatty Liver Detection
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition where hepatocytes contain an abnormally high fat percentage. This condition is becoming increasingly common due to unhealthy food habits and sedentary lifestyle.
- Trial name
- NCT05189990
- Testing
- Electrical impedance tomography
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
ARDS, Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Electrical Impedance Tomography-Based Dynamic Ventilation-Perfusion Functional Phenotype Trajectory in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by severe hypoxemia and extensive lung injury. Recent studies indicate that lung functional phenotypes - particularly the distribution and evolution of lung perfusion …
- Trial name
- NCT07370610
- Testing
- EIT Monitoring
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ruijin Hospital
EIT Electrode Belt Stiffness, Tidal Volume Changes
Effect of Electrode Belt Used for Lung Monitoring With EIT on Tidal Volume
Tidal volumes of ten spontaneously breathing healthy volunteers were measured using spirometer in two situations: wearing EIT electrode belt and without electrode belt.
- Trial name
- NCT06419790
- Testing
- EIT electrode belt, spirometry
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Czech Technical University in Prague
Double-Lumen Tube Placement, One-Lung Ventilation
Examination of Double-Lumen Tube Placement by Functional Electrical Impedance Tomography
The purpose of this study is to determine whether functional electrical impedance tomography is suitable for examination of double-lumen tube placement compared with fibreoptic evaluation.
- Trial name
- NCT00486616
- Testing
- electrical impedance tomography, double-lumen tube placement
- Where
- Germany
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Freiburg
Electric Impedance, Respiratory Function Tests
Prediction of COPD Severity Using Electrical Impedance Tomography
The purpose of this study is to predict the CT visual score of emphysema with EIT-based parameters, in order to provide a non-invasive and convenient method for the evaluation of lung structure and physiological and pathological…
- Conditions
- Electric Impedance, Respiratory Function Tests, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- NCT06359145
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
Acute Respiratory Failure
Evaluation of Perfusion and Ventilation Distribution in Children: a Pilot Study.
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a recent monitoring technique that provides information on regional ventilation distribution.
- Trial name
- PELUCHE 2 (NCT07532811)
- Testing
- Evaluation of perfusion with Electrical impedance tomography using sodium chloride or sodium bicarbonate
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
ARDS
Electrical Impedance Tomography-Derived Dorsal Recruitment-to-Inflation Ratio Identifies PEEP Responsiveness and Risk Phenotypes in ARDS
In the treatment of critically ill patients, mechanical ventilation is a key link, and appropriate mechanical ventilation strategies can open the alveoli and improve oxygenation, while inappropriate mechanical ventilation can…
- Trial name
- NCT06823804
- Testing
- Electrical Impedance tomography Monitoring
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ruijin 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
Respiratory Monitoring
Human Electrical-Impedance-Tomography Reconstruction Models
Current EIT analyses are based on the assumption of a circular thorax-shape and do not provide any information on lung borders. The aim is to obtain the body and lung border contours of male subjects by multi-detector computed…
- Trial name
- NCT02773680
- Testing
- "electrical impedance tomography"
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Respiratory Disease
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) and Physiotherapy
To compare the effect of different airway clearance techniques on lung ventilation by electrical impedance tomography.
- Trial name
- NCT01932567
- Testing
- Physiotherapy, Electrical impedance tomography
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Ventilator-induced Lung Injury
Electrical Impedance Tomography-Based Prognostic Model for ARDS
This multicenter, prospective, observational study aims to develop and validate an EIT-based prognostic model for ARDS. By focusing on the pathophysiological characteristics of ARDS and the causes of ventilator-induced lung…
- Trial name
- NCT06967207
- Testing
- Not applicable- observational study
- Where
- 4 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 625 people
- Sponsor
- XiaoJing Zou,MD
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Effect of Spontaneous Breathing in APRV Mode on Respiratory Physiology of ARDS Patients
This is a single-center, prospective, randomized, three-period crossover physiological study in adult patients with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS, PaO₂/FiO₂ ≤150 mmHg).
- Trial name
- SBA-APRV (NCT07798154)
- Testing
- APRV ventilation with low-level spontaneous breathing, APRV ventilation with high-level spontaneous breathing, APRV ventilation with fully suppressed spontaneous breathing
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
Titration of Positive End-expiratory Pressure: Comparison Between Manual Thoracic or Abdominal Compression and Electrical Impedance Tomography
Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome are placed on mechanical ventilation, and the adjustment of ventilator parameters is an important step in their care, in particular positive expiratory pressure, applied at the…
- Trial name
- TICTAC (NCT07623590)
- Testing
- PEEP titrations
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Saint Joseph Saint Luc de Lyon
Anesthesia
Bariatric Electrical Impedance Tomography
This study investigates under controlled conditions the variation of poorly ventilated lung units (silent spaces) in obese patients scheduled for laparoscopic bariatric surgery in the perioperative phase.
- Trial name
- NCT05187039
- Testing
- Electrical impedance tomography during anesthesia
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
ARDS, Pediatric Respiratory Distress Syndrome
REcruitment MAneuvers and Mechanical Ventilation Guided by EIT in pARDS
There is evidence from randomized controlled trials in adult patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) suggesting that delivering small tidal volumes with adequate levels of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)…
- Conditions
- ARDS, Pediatric Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Respiratory Disease
- Trial name
- REMAV-EIT (NCT06067152)
- Testing
- EIT measurement, Staircase Recruitment Maneuvers with EIT guided and decremental PEEP trial, Setting of EIT-guided mechanical ventilation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
COPD, Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
The Feasibility of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Guide Non-invasive Respiratory Interventions in Chronic Respiratory Disease
This study aims to use Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) to optimise breathing machines for people with problems with their breathing. This might improve their ability to use their breathing machine.
- Conditions
- COPD, Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV), Obesity, Neuromuscular Disability
- Trial name
- EIT-Guide (NCT07810283)
- Testing
- electrical impedance tomography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust