Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Code:

NCT07209293

Conditions

TEE Image Quality

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Transesophageal Echocardiography

Study Details

Brief summary:

During heart surgery images of the heart are taken with transesophageal echocardiography. The images track how the heart is doing during surgery. It is normal practice to place an oral gastric tube in the stomach during heart surgery. The oral gastric tube is used to suction out stomach contents to avoid potential aspiration and avoid stomach acid build up. The purpose of this research study is to see if the images of the heart have better quality after your stomach has been emptied. This project hopes to help determine the best method to obtain the better quality images of the heart during cardiac surgery.

Conditions

TEE Image Quality

Study ID

NCT07209293

Start date

Oct 22, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Apr 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

\- Transesophageal echocardiography assisted cardiac surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

  • hiatal hernia
  • documented or suspected esophageal stricture
  • contraindications to a TEE

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Cardiac Surgery with Transesophageal Echocardiography

Participants scheduled for cardiac surgery with transesophageal echocardiography performed as part of their standard of care treatment during their surgery.

Interventions

Transesophageal Echocardiography

Transesophageal echocardiography images will be taken prior to and post oral gastric suction.

Primary outcome measure

  • Quality of Mid Esophageal Four Chamber Images - Pre Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Mid Esophageal Four Chamber Images - Post Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Transgastric Basal Images - Pre Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Transgastric Basal Images - Post Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Transgastric Mid Papillary Images - Pre Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Transgastric Mid Papillary Images - Post Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Mid Esophageal Two-Chamber Images - Pre Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Mid Esophageal Two-Chamber Images - Post Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Deep Transgastric Images - Pre Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]
  • Quality of Deep Transgastric Images - Post Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Scott Coleman, DO

336-716-4498Scott.Coleman@advocatehealth.org

Lynnette Harris, BSN

336-716-8791lynnette.harris@advocatehealth.org

Locations

Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist

Recruiting

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Contacts

Scott R Coleman, DO

336-716-4498Scott.Coleman@advocatehealth.org

Lynnette C. Harris, BSN

336-716-8791lynnettte.harris@advocatehealth.org

Principal Investigator:

Scott R Coleman, DO

More Information

Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Last update posted

Aug 25, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • gastric suction
  • transesophageal echocardiography
  • cardiac surgery

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Wake Forest University Health Sciences on 2026-08-25.