# A Standard Carbon Dioxide Flushing Protocol to Reduce Air Embolization During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

> **NCT07734584** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **University of Bologna** · enrollment: 90 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Type B Acute Aortic Syndrome
- Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms With Crawford Extent I, II, III, or IV

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Carbon dioxide pre-implant endograft flushing followed by saline flushing
- **PROCEDURE:** Saline endograft flushing

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07734584
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Bologna
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-07-15
- **Primary completion:** 2028-07-15
- **Final completion:** 2028-07-15
- **Target enrollment:** 90 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07734584

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07734584, "A Standard Carbon Dioxide Flushing Protocol to Reduce Air Embolization During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-20 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT07734584. Licensed CC0.

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