Bypass vs. Ecmo in Lung Transplantation (BELT)

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Conditions studied: Lung Transplant; Complications

In brief

This study seeks to compare outcomes of 2 different methods of cardiopulmonary support during lung transplant surgeries.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03021538

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

13

Starts

2017-04-17

Expected to finish

2019-01-24

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The study population will be all patients requiring cardiopulmonary support while undergoing lung transplantation at our institution.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients undergoing concomitant cardiac operations with indication for obligate use of cardiopulmonary bypass
• Patient with specific anatomy that require full cardiac decompression such as severe pulmonary hypertension or large heart that are shifted severely into the left chest
• Patients with high likelihood of significant pleural bleeding that will require returning the blood back into the cardiotomy reservoir
• Patients bridged to transplant with ECMO
• Cystic fibrosis/bronchiectasis/resistant infection patients where surgeon will need to remove both lungs prior to implantation
• Patients who the surgeon feels would be better served with CPB rather than ECMO- These patients will be entered into a registry and followed.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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