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COMPLETEDNCT04596735

Extubation Criteria in Patients Greater Than 59 Years of Age

Prospectively evaluate the predictive value of individual pre-specified clinical extubation criteria for extubation success

Lead sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences•1 U.S. locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Perform a prospective observational study to evaluate routine criteria commonly used to extubate elderly patients in the operating room after non-cardiac and non-thoracic surgery to ultimately reduce the incidence of near-term reintubation and by extension other respiratory complications

Age

60 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•\>= 60 years of age
•Patients undergoing general endotracheal anesthesia for surgery or invasive diagnostic procedures that are anticipated to be extubated immediately following the procedure

Exclusion Criteria

•Age\<60 years of age
•Patients with a tracheostomy in - situ (pre-existing or placed as part of the index procedure)
•Patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures
•Patients undergoing general endotracheal anesthesia who are not anticipated to be extubated immediately following the surgical procedure
•Patients with delayed extubations in the post anesthesia care unit or intensive care unit)
•Patients undergoing TIVA (Total Intravenous Anaesthesia)
•Patient with an initial room air SpO2\<93%
•Patients with VADS (ventricular assist device) undergoing non-cardiac surgery
•Thoracic surgical procedures
•Patients on home oxygen
•Patients getting general anesthesia with supraglottic airway

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: August 26, 2025Terms

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StatusCOMPLETED

Phase—

Enrollment4,000

Start dateOct 2020

Last updatedAug 26, 2025

Condition

Extubation Respiratory Complications

Locations shown

Wake Forest Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: August 26, 2025Data synced to Clareo: May 25, 2026

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