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Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Automatic Control of the Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure

NCT00364299 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 142

Last updated 2006-10-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background: The aspiration of contaminated secretions pooled above the endotracheal tube cuff secondary to inadvertent falls of cuff pressure is the main pathogenic mechanism of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Aim of the study: To assess the efficacy of an automatic device for the continuous regulation of tracheal tube cuff pressure in decreasing the incidence of VAP.

Conditions

  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  • Mechanical Ventilation

Interventions

DEVICE

Automatic control of tracheal tube cuff pressure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Miquel Ferrer, MD · Hospital Clinic, Barcelona,Spain.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-10-31
Completion
2006-05-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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