Status:
COMPLETED
Oral Care to Reduce Mouth and Throat Infections in Critically Ill Patients
Lead Sponsor:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Conditions:
Critical Illness
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study will evaluate whether a program of systematic oral care can help prevent hospital-acquired respiratory infections in patients in intensive care units. Such infections occur five times more ...
Detailed Description
Critically ill patients, especially those that require endotracheal intubation, have the greatest risk of any hospitalized patient for acquiring nosocomial pneumonia. Nosocomial pneumonia, in this pop...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Male or female adult ICU patients whose oral hygiene is dependent upon hospital care providers.
- Expected length of ICU stay is greater than or equal to 3 days.
- Any gender and ethnicity.
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Individuals and or responsible family members who are unable to provide consent.
- Any individual under the age of 18 years.
- Any individual whose expected admission is less than 3 days.
- Adult ICU patients whose admission CPIS score is greater than 6.
- Individuals who are able to provide own oral care.
- Individuals who have oral surgery that requires specialized oral care and assessment.
- Edentulous patients.
- Any patient with a prosthetic heart valve or who routinely takes prophylactic antibiotics before routine dental procedures.
- Any patient with a known allergy to chlorhexidine.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 2 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 16 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
800 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00078663
Start Date
March 2 2004
End Date
August 16 2011
Last Update
July 2 2017
Active Locations (5)
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1
Washington Hospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010
2
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20814
3
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
4
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax, Virginia, United States