CompletedNot Applicable

Efficacy Study on Silver-coated ETT Cleaned With a Novel Device

United States40 participantsStarted 2014-06

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a novel cleaning device in keeping silver-coated endotracheal tubes free from bacterial colonization.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Admission to Medical, Surgical or Neuro ICU * Subjects must be enrolled within 24 hours from intubation * Subjects expected to be intubated for at least 48 hours or longer * Subjects have been intubated with a silver-coated ETT Exclusion Criteria: * Current and past participation in another interventional trial conflicting with the present study * Pregnant women * Prisoner status

What they're measuring

Endotracheal Tube Colonization

Timeframe: At extubation (an expected average of 7 days)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02120001

SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-08

Results submitted2017-02-08

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