Plain-English translation of NCT07260890 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
This completed trial studied two ways to monitor patients during laparoscopic abdominal surgery to help doctors decide whether to give extra fluids. The trial compared stroke volume variation (SVV), which comes from a heart monitor, and the pleth variability index (PVI), which comes from a pulse oximeter, to see which method better predicted whether patients would benefit from additional fluids.
During laparoscopic surgery, the body's position and pressure inside the abdomen change in ways that make it hard for doctors to know whether giving extra fluids will help. This trial was designed to clarify which of these two readily available, non-invasive monitoring methods works better in this challenging situation.
If you participated, you would have received up to two small amounts of extra fluid (250 milliliters each) during your surgery—one before and one after the surgeon inflated your abdomen with gas. The research team would have recorded two different monitoring measurements right before and about 3 minutes after each fluid dose to see how well each method predicted whether the extra fluid helped your heart pump blood more effectively. You would have served as your own comparison, allowing doctors to directly see which monitoring method worked better for you.
AI-generated summary from trial data · Aug 29, 2026 · Not medical advice
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