# Artificial Increase in Chest Wall Elastance as an Alternative to Prone Positioning in Moderate-to-severe ARDS.

> **NCT03719937** · NA · SUSPENDED · sponsor: **Catholic University of the Sacred Heart** · enrollment: 15 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** weight on the anterior chest of the patient

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03719937
- **Lead sponsor:** Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** SUSPENDED
- **Start date:** 2018-10-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-04-01
- **Final completion:** 2023-04-01
- **Target enrollment:** 15 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** Surge of COVID-19 panedemic
- **Last updated:** 2022-08-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03719937

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03719937, "Artificial Increase in Chest Wall Elastance as an Alternative to Prone Positioning in Moderate-to-severe ARDS.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03719937. Licensed CC0.

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