Status:

COMPLETED

Oral Suction Intervention to Reduce Aspiration and Ventilator Events: NO-ASPIRATE

Lead Sponsor:

University of Central Florida

Collaborating Sponsors:

Orlando Regional Medical Center

Conditions:

Respiratory Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Insertion of a breathing tube to enable treatment with mechanical ventilation (respirator) is often associated with complications, such as infection and lung injury. Leakage of secretions around the b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 years of age or older
  • orally intubated with endotracheal tube and treated with mechanical ventilation
  • 24 hours or less since intubation
  • expected to be intubated for at least 36 hours after enrollment

Exclusion

  • documented aspiration at time of intubation
  • intubation to treat known aspiration
  • treatment with rescue mechanical ventilation therapies (oscillator)
  • re-intubation
  • contraindications to receiving the intervention (e.g., oral injuries)
  • history of lung or head/neck cancers that may produce amylase in the lungs
  • history of disease that affects saliva production (e.g., Sjögren's syndrome)
  • prisoners

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

513 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02284178

Start Date

August 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2017

Last Update

August 15 2019

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Orlando Regional Medical Center

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806