# Providing Optimal PEEP During Mechanical Ventilation for Obese Patients Using Esophageal Balloon

> **NCT03951064** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill** · enrollment: 6 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity, Morbid
- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
- Respiratory Failure

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Esophageal balloon
- **PROCEDURE:** Intervention Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT) and Extubation
- **PROCEDURE:** Control Spontaneous Breathing Trial and Extubation
- **PROCEDURE:** Intervention Weaning after Tracheostomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Control Weaning after Tracheostomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03951064
- **Lead sponsor:** University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2021-03-31
- **Primary completion:** 2022-12-06
- **Final completion:** 2022-12-06
- **Target enrollment:** 6 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Since November 2022, an indefinite pause of study activities caused by a hospital-wide shortage of esophageal balloons has persisted for almost a full year with an indefinite resupply date. Thus, the PI has opted to close to any further enrollment.
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-05

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03951064

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03951064, "Providing Optimal PEEP During Mechanical Ventilation for Obese Patients Using Esophageal Balloon". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03951064. Licensed CC0.

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