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Toothbrushing and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

NCT01477099 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 436

Last updated 2011-11-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The hypothesis is that adding the toothbrushing to the oral care with clorhexidine 0.12% could be reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia due to that oral cavity may be an important reservoir of pathogens that could cause pneumonia.

Conditions

  • Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Interventions

DEVICE

Toothbrushing with a manual brush

Toothbrushing with a manual brush

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitario de Canarias

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonardo Lorente, Medical · Hospital Universitario de Canarias

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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