Clinical Research Directory

The PneumoRator Study

Healthcare workers measure heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen levels and breathing rate to monitor how unwell a patient is. All these apart from breathing rate are now normally measured by machines. But there still isn't a machine that does this well enough for breathing rate to be used in most places. The machines that do exist are either uncomfortable or don't work well on patients who are moving. Instead, a healthcare worker will count the number of breaths a patient takes. This needs staff time and isn't very accurate. It is known that changes in breathing rate can happen any time. But healthcare systems normally only measure it every few hours because it takes time. Breathing rate could be monitored all the time, we might pick up people getting sick earlier and be able to treat them more quickly, which could save lives. A team at the University of Southampton has made a small device, called a PneumoRator, that gets stuck to onto a person's chest. Once stuck there it can measure their breathing rate and store or send that information wirelessly. The device has been tested on healthy volunteers but has never been tested on patients in hospital. In this study the team will put the device on patients having major operations. The investigators will record information already collected about patients during normal care. This includes their breathing rate using the best measurement we have, where a patient's breathing is measured by a gas they breathe out. The gas is carbon dioxide, and the measurement is called capnography. This way of measuring is only used in operating theatres and intensive care units but is a good way to check if the PneumoRator is accurate. The investigators want to attach the PneumoRator to patient's chests before they go to sleep for their operation and leave it there for the first few days after their operation. This will let them see how the PneumoRator compares to capnography and manual breath counting. It will also let them see how the device works at different times in the patient's journey. The investigators will look at the time when patients are asleep, when breathing is controlled by a machine. Then when patients wake up investigators can measure with both capnography and the PneumoRator. Finally, when patients go to the high dependency ward, investigators will compare it against manual counting. The study team will also ask patients how they found wearing the device and any problems they found. With this information the investigators hope to show the PenumoRator is accurate at measuring breathing rate and comfortable for patients. This will help them get the device approved for use in hospitals and other places where breathing rate needs to be measured accurately.

Ivonescimab Monotherapy or in Combination With Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Therapy for Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

This study is a prospective, II Phase clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ivonescimab as monotherapy or in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy in the perioperative treatment of resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients are stratified by PD-L1 expression level (TPS ≥50% vs. \<50%) and randomized in a 2:1 ratio to differentiated neoadjuvant treatment arms: PD-L1≥50% subgroup: Ivonescimab monotherapy (4 cycles) vs. ivonescimab + platinum-based chemotherapy (4 cycles); PD-L1\<50% subgroup: Ivonescimab + 1 cycle of chemotherapy followed by 3 cycles of monotherapy vs. ivonescimab + platinum-based chemotherapy (4 cycles). All patients subsequently receive 13 cycles of ivonescimab as adjuvant maintenance therapy postoperatively. As the first study to explore a PD-L1-directed chemotherapy de-escalation strategy, this trial aims to reduce treatment toxicity while maintaining efficacy, thereby providing a novel personalized precision therapy pathway for resectable NSCLC.

The Effect of Combined Iron Protocols on Perioperative Allogeneic Transfusion

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a combined iron supplementation regimen can reduce the need for blood transfusions in adults with iron-deficiency anemia undergoing major elective cardiac surgery. The trial will also look at whether this regimen is safe and well tolerated. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the combined regimen lower the amount of allogeneic red blood cell transfusion needed during and after surgery? Are there any side effects or safety concerns associated with the regimen? Researchers will compare the combined iron supplementation (sucrose iron, erythropoietin, and vitamin C) to standard care to see if it helps reduce blood transfusions. Participants will: Receive either the combined regimen or standard care before surgery Undergo major elective cardiac surgery under general anesthesia Be monitored for blood transfusion needs and recovery up to 90 days after surgery

Pediatric Perioperative Satisfaction Questionnaire

The aim of this study is to develop and validate a self-report questionnaire to evalutate the satisfaction of the children after surgery.