Clinical trials: Healthcare-Associated Infections
Pneumonia Hospital Acquired
Effect of Breather on Hospital Stay in Patients With Acquired Pneumonia
Acquired pneumonia is a sever medical condition that addressed as life-threatening issue require intensive care. Medical Breather device permits activating and strengthening of both inspiratory and expiratory musculatures; thus…
- Trial name
- NCT06062862
- Testing
- The Incentive Spirometer, The breather respiratory muscle training device
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Patients at High Risk of Antibacterial Treatment Upon Admission
Impact of Prescription Quality, Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship on Gut Microbiota Domination by Healthcare-Associated Pathogens
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (EPE), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and Clostridium difficile have become a major threat to hospitalised patients worldwide.
- Trial name
- PILGRIM (NCT03765528)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Cologne
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
Dexamethasone for Treating Severe Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients With a Proinflammatory Phenotype
Determine the efficacy of dexamethasone plus standard of care (SOC) as compared to placebo plus SOC for treating severe hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill patients with a proinflammatory phenotype; It's an…
- Trial name
- HAP-DEX (NCT06269900)
- Testing
- Dexamethasone
- Where
- 34 sites in France, Greece and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Septic Shock, Severe Trauma
REAnimation Low Immune Status Markers
The fact that sepsis disrupts immune system homeostasis by inducing an initial cytokine storm, that participates to occurrence of organ failures and early death, followed by a compensatory anti-inflammatory response leading to…
- Conditions
- Septic Shock, Severe Trauma, Severe Burn, Major Surgery
- Trial name
- REALISM (NCT02638779)
- Testing
- Blood sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 552 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Ceragenin Coated Endotracheal Tubes for the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Critically ill patients are at high risk of acquiring pneumonia during the time that they are mechanically ventilated. This is known as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
- Trial name
- CEASEVAP (NCT05761613)
- Testing
- CeraShield Endotracheal Tube, Endotracheal tube with subglottic secretion drainage
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. John Muscedere
Antibiotic, Healthcare Associated Infection
Evaluating Antibiotic Stewardship Assisted by Computer in the University Hospital of Nancy (MACABAO)
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing health threats that mankind faces now and in the coming decades. Antibiotic resistance leads to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs and increased mortality.
- Trial name
- MACABAO (NCT04976829)
- Testing
- Antibiotic stewardship and healthcare-associated infections surveillance assisted by computer
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Community-Acquired Infections, Bacterial Pneumonia
Study Comparing Tigecycline vs. Levofloxacin in Subjects Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
To compare the efficacy and safety of IV tigecycline to IV levofloxacin in the treatment of subjects with CAP requiring hospitalization.
- Conditions
- Community-Acquired Infections, Bacterial Pneumonia, Cross Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00081575
- Testing
- Tigecycline, Levofloxacin
- Volunteers
- 434 people
- Sponsor
- Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Health Care Associated Pneumonia, Osteomyelitis/Septic Arthritis
Safety and Efficacy of Strategy to Prevent Drug-Induced Nephrotoxicity in High-Risk Patients
For more than fifty years, vancomycin has been cited as a nephrotoxic agent. Reports of vancomycin induced kidney injury (a.k.a vancomycin induced nephrotoxicity or VIN), have waxed and waned throughout the years for various…
- Conditions
- Health Care Associated Pneumonia, Osteomyelitis/Septic Arthritis, Endocarditis, Bacteremia
- Trial name
- STOP-NT (NCT01734694)
- Testing
- Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Epidemiology of Risk Factors for Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (HAP) in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients
A retrospective, observational study compiled data from all consecutively admitted patients older than 18 years at ICU University Hospital in Olomouc in the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015 who fulfilled the…
- Trial name
- NCT02779933
- Testing
- Epidemiology od HAP
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Olomouc
Healthcare Associated Infectious Disease, Sternal Superficial Wound Infection
Optimizing Prevention of Healthcare-Acquired Infections After Cardiac Surgery
Our Aim is to identify patient risk factors and clinical practices associated with healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) after cardiac surgery.
- Conditions
- Healthcare Associated Infectious Disease, Sternal Superficial Wound Infection, Sepsis, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- HAI (NCT02068716)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 911,754 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Donald Likosky
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Efficacy of Two Intermittent Subglottic Secretion
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of intermittent subglottic secretion lavage combined with aspiration preventing ventilator associated pneumonia in patients with severe neurological disease
- Trial name
- NCT03871985
- Testing
- Subglottic secretion lavage combined with aspiration, Subglottic secretion aspiration
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- The First Hospital of Jilin University
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Tobramycin Nebulization to Prevent Multidrug-Resistant Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
The TOP-MDRVAP trial will test whether inhaled tobramycin can safely prevent pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria in adults who need a breathing machine. Tobramycin is an antibiotic.
- Trial name
- TOP-MDRVAP (NCT07856355)
- Testing
- Tobramycin inhalation solution
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 574 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Biomarker-based Exclusion of VAP for Improved Antibiotic Stewardship
Critically ill patients whose lungs are supported by breathing machines (ventilators) commonly develop a new lung infection, called ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
- Trial name
- VAPRapid-2 (NCT01972425)
- Testing
- Biomarker-based diagnostic
- Where
- 19 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 211 people
- Sponsor
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Pneumonia Ventilator Associated
VAP Incidence and Adequation to SRLF 2017 Diagnostic Among an Intensive Care Medicine Service for the Period 2022 à 2024
The goal of this observational study is to to analyze respiratory samples performed in mechanically ventilated ICU patients and to assess whether the SRLF criteria for defining VAP were respected among patients admited to the…
- Trial name
- PAVM-RéaCHSF (NCT07181824)
- Testing
- Diagnostic tedst
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
Chlorhexidine, Hospital-Acquired Infection
Chlorhexidine Bathing to Prevent Hospital-acquired Infections: the CLEANS Study
Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) have been shown to increase length of hospital stay and mortality. Infections acquired during a hospital stay have been shown to be preventable.
- Conditions
- Chlorhexidine, Hospital-Acquired Infection, Surgery, Intensive Care Unit
- Trial name
- NCT05142969
- Testing
- 2% Chlorhexidine bathing
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 247 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Severe Pneumonia, Community-acquired Pneumonia
Efficacy of Intravenous Amboxol Hydrochloride as an Adjunct Therapy for Severe Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients
Ambroxol is a mucolytic containing an active N-desmethyl metabolite of bromhexine. It is approved by both the U.S. FDA and EMA to be marketed under several formulations including oral, nasal, oro-mucosal, rectal and intravenous…
- Conditions
- Severe Pneumonia, Community-acquired Pneumonia, Hospital-acquired Pneumonia, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT05663905
- Testing
- Ambroxol Hydrochloride, Standard Therapy
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- National University of Malaysia
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Death
Futility of Exhaled Breath Condensate pH Measurements in Ventilated Patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Measurement of pH in Exhaled breath condensate has been mentioned as a robust variable from lung inflammation. It is non-invasive and reproducible.
- Trial name
- NCT01393431
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Coronavirus Infectious Disease (COVID-19), Nosocomial Infection
NOSOcomial COVID-19 in ICU (NOSOCOVID)
The current global pandemic at COVID-19 is a major public health issue. Transmission of the virus is primarily through direct and close person-to-person contact.
- Conditions
- Coronavirus Infectious Disease (COVID-19), Nosocomial Infection, Nosocomial COVID-19
- Trial name
- NOSOCOVID (NCT04659356)
- Testing
- Patients admitted in Intensive Care Units
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Methicillin Resistance, Staphylococcus Aureus
Efficacy Study of Rapid Test to Prevent Hospital Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a novel PCR-based laboratory test for rapid detection of MRSA carriers to prevent transmission of MRSA in the Belgian acute care hospital setting.
- Conditions
- Methicillin Resistance, Staphylococcus Aureus, Staphylococcal Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00846105
- Testing
- Rapid MRSA PCR test for screening carriers
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 7,400 people
- Sponsor
- Erasme University Hospital
SARS-CoV-2, BCG
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Infection Among Health Care Workers
The present study finds opportunities and justifications, taking into consideration that the nature of professional practice in health needs scientific evidence resulting from systematic and systemic studies to strengthen the…
- Conditions
- SARS-CoV-2, BCG, Health Care Worker, COVID-19
- Trial name
- NCT04826718
- Testing
- Questionaire
- Where
- Cabo Verde
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade de Cabo Verde