Evaluation of a Closed Suction System to Remove Secretions From the Endotracheal Tube (NCT01912105) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 2
Evaluation of a Closed Suction System to Remove Secretions From the Endotracheal Tube
Italy40 participantsStarted 2013-04
Plain-language summary
Cleaning the endotracheal tube with a specifically designed device results in lower amount of secretions at extubation, assessed by micro CT scan
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients admitted to an ICU
* 18 years old or more
* expected to be intubated for more than 48 hours
* less than 24 hours from intubation
* fraction of inspired oxygen set at the ventilator \<80%
Exclusion Criteria:
* Current or past participation in another intervention trial conflicting with the present study
* expected survival less than 24 hours
* Acute severe asthma
* Use of Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or candidates for ECMO
* Double lumen endotracheal tube in place
* Conditions which pose the patient at high risk if inadvertent endotracheal tube displacement occurs (laryngeal edema, cervical spine trauma, upper airways diseases with difficult reintubation)
* other contraindications posed by staff physicians