CompletedNot Applicable

Continuous Endotracheal Cuff Pressure Control to Prevent Ventilator Associated Respiratory Infections

Vietnam600 participantsStarted 2016-11-01

Plain-language summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether automated cuff pressure control results in a reduction in the proportion of patients developing ventilator associated respiratory infections during their stay in intensive care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * About to be intubated or intubated for ≤ 24 hours (either oral or tracheostomy) * For active treatment Exclusion Criteria: * previously enrolled in this study * previously intubated within 14 days * suffering from known tracheomalacia, tracheal stenosis or stridor relating to tracheal injury

What they're measuring

Ventilator Associated Respiratory Infection (VARI) - defined as Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) or Ventilator Associated Tracheobronchitis (VAT)

Timeframe: From randomisation to ICU discharge/death/transfer or 90 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02966392

SponsorOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-03-07

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