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Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) clinical trials and research

• 14Clinical trials
• 11Countries

Newest Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) clinical trials

All recruiting trials (14)

• Post-ICU Syndrome and Social Factors in Critical Illness Survivors

  This study looks at how social factors affect people who survived a critical illness after being on a ventilator for at least 2 days.

  Recruiting at 3 sites Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile · Quillota and 4 other locations · NCT07828301

• Structured telerehabilitation for cardiac patients after ICU care

  A remote, four-month cardiac rehabilitation program is being tested to see if it lowers readmissions and deaths and helps physical, cognitive, and emotional recovery after ICU stays for people with post-intensive care syndrome.

  Recruiting Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS · Milan, Milano · NCT07599306

• Virtual reality to help recovery after intensive care (PICS)

  This study will try whether immersive virtual-reality brain-training helps adults recovering from ICU-related memory and thinking problems improve more than the same games on a tablet or usual care.

  Recruiting University of Minho · Porto, Porto District · NCT07585500

• PROTECT-ICU: Training ICU staff to reduce post-ICU health problems

  This trial will test whether training ICU staff to use a standard or expanded care bundle helps adults who spend at least 48 hours in the ICU have fewer physical, thinking, or emotional problems three months after hospital discharge.

  Recruiting Spanish Society of Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units · Orihuela, Alicante and 1 other locations · NCT07542613

• Wrist-worn activity monitoring to support recovery after intensive care

  This project will try a wrist-worn activity monitor to see if it helps clinicians understand recovery for adults discharged from intensive care.

  Recruiting at 3 sites University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh and 2 other locations · NCT07466446

• Hypnosis to improve well-being after an ICU stay

  This trial will test whether short hypnosis sessions given at ICU discharge and again 7 and 14 days later help ICU survivors feel better by day 28.

  Recruiting University Hospital, Geneva · Geneva and 1 other locations · NCT07254299

• Metabolic changes after an ICU stay and long-term physical recovery in ICU survivors

  We will test whether metabolic changes during and after an ICU stay help explain long-term physical recovery in adults who needed prolonged ICU care.

  Recruiting Gelderse Vallei Hospital · Ede, Gelderland · NCT07170527

• Wearables and digital health summaries to support ICU survivors' recovery

  This pilot will test whether wearable devices plus optional twice-monthly digital health summaries help adults 18–65 recover after an ICU stay, focusing on people with diabetes or coronary artery disease.

  Recruiting Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft · Vienna · NCT07035106

• Pharmacist and ICU doctor telehealth follow-up after ICU discharge

  This pilot will test whether pharmacist-led telehealth visits coordinated with an ICU physician help adults recovering from a critical illness improve their recovery after hospital discharge.

  Recruiting Malcom Randall VA Medical Center · Gainesville, Florida · NCT06983496

• Understanding long-term effects of pediatric intensive care on patients and their siblings

  This study looks at the long-term health and quality of life for children who have survived a stay in the pediatric intensive care unit and their healthy siblings to see how critical illness affects them and their families.

  Recruiting at 2 sites KK Women's and Children's Hospital · Singapore, Singapore and 1 other locations · NCT06812130

• How social and economic factors affect recovery after intensive care

  This project will test whether social and economic circumstances predict longer-term physical, cognitive, or emotional problems after ICU stays in adults who had septic shock, ARDS, or prolonged ventilation or vasopressor support.

  Recruiting Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon · Dijon · NCT06697236

• Understanding Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in ICU patients

  This study looks at how surviving an ICU stay affects the physical and mental health of adult patients over time and tries to find links to specific biological markers.

  Recruiting Medical University of Vienna · Vienna · NCT06671795

• Using virtual reality to prepare lung transplant patients for ICU admission

  This study tests if using virtual reality can help lung transplant patients feel more prepared and less anxious about their upcoming stay in the ICU.

  Recruiting Erasmus Medical Center · Rotterdam, South Holland · NCT06642636

• Understanding long-term effects of ICU care on patients

  This study looks at the long-term effects of ICU treatment on patients to see how it impacts their physical and mental health over several years.

  Recruiting Radboud University Medical Center · Nijmegen · NCT03246334

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Quick answers

How many Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) clinical trials are recruiting right now?

14, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 11 countries. The most sites are in Netherlands (3 trials), Austria (2 trials), United States (1 trial), France (1 trial), Italy (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

How do I join one?

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