Status:

UNKNOWN

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Taper Guard Versus Normal Tube in ICU Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University of Malaya

Conditions:

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Ventilator associated pneumonia ( VAP) adds burden to the care of the intensive care patients as they may cause the death of the patient or prolong the intensive care stay or complicate the illness in...

Detailed Description

Methodology This will be a prospective randomized trial with 2 treatment groups with 100 patients in each arm. The control group ( Group C) will be intubated with our conventional endotracheal tubes a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All adult patients above 18 years old admitted into the Intensive Care unit and who is to be intubated and likely to receive more than 72 hours of ventilation would be admitted into the trial

Exclusion

  • presence of cavitary lung disease based on chest x-ray findings,
  • primary lung cancer or another metastatic malignancy to the lungs, or known or suspected viral or fungal etiology,
  • pneumocystis carinii pneumonia,
  • legionella OR Mycoplasma pneumonia or active tuberculosis.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01501227

Start Date

February 1 2012

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

December 29 2011

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University of Malaya Medical Centre

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50603