Plain-English translation of NCT07630662 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
When you're on a breathing machine (ventilator) in the intensive care unit, doctors need to know when you're strong enough to breathe on your own again. This study uses ultrasound — the same safe imaging technology used in pregnancy — to measure how well your main breathing muscles (the diaphragm and muscles between your ribs) are working. By measuring these muscles, researchers hope to predict which patients are ready to come off the ventilator successfully.
Staying on a breathing machine too long can cause serious problems like lung infections and injury. But taking patients off too early can also be dangerous. Right now, doctors don't have a reliable way to predict who is truly ready. This study looks at whether ultrasound measurements of breathing muscles can answer that question and help doctors make safer decisions.
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If you qualify, doctors will have you try a spontaneous breathing trial — meaning they'll reduce the breathing machine's support for 30 minutes while monitoring you closely to see how well you breathe on your own. At the end of this trial, a doctor will use an ultrasound probe on your chest to measure how your breathing muscles are working. The whole process takes place while you're in the intensive care unit, and you'll be watched carefully throughout.
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Egypt
Sponsor
Ain Shams University
Enrollment target
~77 participants
Started
January 2026
Primary completion
July 2026
This trial's estimated completion date has passed — the record may not be fully up to date.
Age range
18 Years and older
Last updated on clinicaltrials.gov in June 2026.
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Central contact
Mohamed I Ezz eldein
Ain Shams University
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