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Cross-Regional Unmanned Aircraft Transport of Donor Lungs
Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Summary
This prospective, single-arm study will evaluate the feasibility, timeliness, operational reliability, and preliminary safety of transporting donor lungs by a long-range unmanned aircraft system from Nanning to Guangzhou, China. Adult lung transplant candidates will be enrolled after a donor lung has been legally allocated and clinically accepted and after written informed consent has been obtained. Each formally activated transport task will use standard donor-lung perfusion and cold preservation, triple sterile packaging, and a dedicated transport container with continuous monitoring of temperature, vibration, pressure, position, and communication status. The primary outcome is the actual door-to-door transport time from the donor operating room exit to the recipient operating room entry. Secondary outcomes include transport success, time saved compared with contemporaneous ground-transport estimates, lung preservation and ischemic times, transport-environment performance, donor-lung condition on arrival, and early recipient and graft outcomes through 90 days after transplantation. Twenty-five participants corresponding to 25 formally activated donor-lung transport tasks are planned.
Official title: Feasibility and Timeliness of Cross-Regional Unmanned Aircraft Transport of Donor Lungs: A Prospective Single-Arm Clinical Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
25
Start Date
2026-09-01
Completion Date
2027-10-01
Last Updated
2026-08-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Cross-Regional Unmanned Aircraft Transport of Donor Lungs
After clinical acceptance and standard donor-lung preservation, the packaged donor lung will be placed in a dedicated transport container and carried by a long-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft along an approved cross-regional route. The task includes identity verification, loading, monitored flight, unloading, medical handover, and transfer to the recipient operating room. Temperature, three-axis acceleration, pressure, humidity, position, communication, and aircraft operating parameters will be recorded. A predefined backup transport plan and task cancellation, return, diversion, and ground-relay procedures will be available throughout the task.
Locations (1)
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Datansha Campus
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China