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RecruitingNCT03657524Updated Feb 12, 2026

Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for the Prediction of Weaning Failure

An interventional study of echocardiography in Weaning Failure of Mechanical Ventilation, sponsored by Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-12.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2026, 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started May 2019; still recruiting 7 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
110
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Deciding the optimal timing for extubation in patients who are mechanically ventilated can be challenging, and traditional weaning predictor tools are not accurate. Recent studies suggest that isolated sonographic assessment of the respiratory and cardiac function (ie diastolic function and filling pressure), in mechanically ventilated patients may assist in identifying patients at risk of weaning failure. Recently, the association of conventional echocardiography and lung ultrasound showed promising results for the prediction of post extubation distress. Speckle Tracking is an emerging tool in intensive care medicine that has never been investiguated for the prediction of weaning failure. It could early detects diastolic dysfunction and and elevated filling pressure. Of more, speckle tracking is known to be less operator dependant. The main objective of our study is to evaluate the diagnosis accuracy of speckle tracking echocardiography performed during a weaning trial to predict weaning failure. The secondary objectives are to assess the diagnosis accuracy of combined heart and lung ultrasound to predict weaning failure.

Read the detailed description

Deciding the optimal timing for extubation in patients who are mechanically ventilated can be challenging, and traditional weaning predictor tools are not accurate. Recent studies suggest that isolated sonographic assessment of the respiratory and cardiac function (ie diastolic function and filling pressure), in mechanically ventilated patients may assist in identifying patients at risk of weaning failure. Recently, the association of conventional echocardiography and lung ultrasound showed promising results for the prediction of post extubation distress. Speckle Tracking is an emerging tool in intensive care medicine that has never been investiguated for the prediction of weaning failure. It could early detects diastolic dysfunction and and elevated filling pressure. Of more, speckle tracking is known to be less operator dependant. The main objective of our study is to evaluate the diagnosis accuracy of speckle tracking echocardiography performed during a weaning trial to predict weaning failure. The secondary objectives are to assess the diagnosis accuracy of combined heart and lung ultrasound to predict weaning failure.

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Conditions studied

  • Weaning Failure of Mechanical Ventilation
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In context

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille is the lead sponsor of 686 studies on the registry; 148 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

- Patients hospitalized in intensive care unit under mechanical fulfilling the criteria of ventilation weaning trial.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 18 years old.
  • Pregnancy
  • Non sinusal cardiac rhythm
  • Neuro Myopathy
  • Tracheotomy
  • Lack of echogenicity to perform at least a four chamber apical view
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
110 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Resuscitation patients

    Other: echocardiography

  • Active comparator
    healthy volunteers

    Other: echocardiography

Interventions

  • Otherechocardiography

    Speckle tracking echocardiography

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. lung and heart ultrasounds

    Area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) of global longitudinal strain and strain rate variations (before and during a weaning trial) to predict weaning failure.

    Time frame: Just before and during the weaning trial

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille
    Marseille, 13015, France
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 12, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03657524
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 5, 2018
Start date
May 20, 2019
Primary completion
May 21, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
May 21, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 12, 2026

Study contacts

Laurent ZIELESKIEWICZ
Contact
laurent.zieleskiewicz@ap-hm.fr
04 91 96 53 77
Jean-Olivier ARNAUD
study director · Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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