Clinical trials: Healthcare-Associated Infections
Healthcare Associated Infections, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial
The ABATE Infection Project is a cluster randomized trial of hospitals to compare two quality improvement strategies to reduce multi-drug resistant organisms and healthcare-associated infections in non-critical care units.
- Conditions
- Healthcare Associated Infections, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Multi Drug Resistant Organisms
- Trial name
- ABATE (NCT02063867)
- Testing
- Arm 2: Decolonization
- Where
- 52 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Understanding and Addressing Variations in HAIs After Durable Ventricular Assist Device Therapy
Substantial center variability exists in healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates following durable ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation for patients with advanced heart failure.
- Trial name
- NCT03749434
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34,958 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Misadventures to Patients During Surgical and Medical Care
SEPREVEN: a Stepped-wedge Randomised Controlled Trial
Adverse events are frequent in Neonatal Intensive Care Units' (NICU) patients and account for a high morbidity and mortality. Possible severe adverse events are central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator…
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Misadventures to Patients During Surgical and Medical Care, Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI) Nos, Quality of Healthcare
- Trial name
- SEPREVEN (NCT02598609)
- Testing
- Education program for NICU caregivers
- Where
- 12 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people
- Sponsor
- Dr Caeymaex Laurence
Pneumonia, Ventilator Associated, Closed System Suction Catheter
Time Interval for Changing Closed System Suction Catheters, Effect on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia between two groups of patients randomised to have closed system suction catheter changes every 24 hours and patients having closed system…
- Trial name
- NCT00447109
- Testing
- Closed system suction
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 344 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bayside Health
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Removing Fluid Above Breathing Tubes in the Operating Room
In this study, subjects meeting criteria will be enrolled and randomized to one of two different suctioning schemes, either continuous or intermittent.
- Trial name
- NCT01110109
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic - MITG
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Human Recombinant Interferon Gamma in the Treatment of Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia in ICU Patients
Clinical presentation of patients after severe injury such as a severe infection, trauma or extensive burns is characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of dysregulation of the initial inflammatory response and…
- Trial name
- IGNORANT (NCT05843786)
- Testing
- Interferon gamma
- Where
- 9 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, Pneumonia, Bacterial
CTTI Risk Factors for HABP/VABP Study
The purpose of this study is to better define the intensive care unit population at highest risk for developing Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia (HABP/VABP).
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, Pneumonia, Bacterial, Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired
- Trial name
- PROPHETIC (NCT02689531)
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,530 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Sepsis, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Diagnostic Value of sTREM-1 and PCT Level as Well as CPIS Score for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Among ICU Sepsis Patients
Aims: to explore the value of TREM-1 (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1) ,PCT(Procalcitonin), as well as CPIS (clinical pulmonary infection score) in the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of VAP (ventilator…
- Trial name
- NCT01406951
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
The Pharmacodynamics of Meropenem in Patient With Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
The study was a randomized three-way crossover study. Each subject received meropenem in three regimens at room temperature consecutively: (i) bolus injection of 1 g of meropenem over 10 min every 8 h for 24 h, (ii) 3-h infusion…
- Trial name
- NCT02615041
- Testing
- Meropenem
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Sutep Jaruratanasirikul
Parenteral Nutrition
Study Comparing a Soybean Oil-Based With an Olive Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion in ICU Patients Requiring TPN
Many hospitalized patients who are malnourished or not eating receive intravenous feeding or total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Despite improving nutrition, TPN may increase the risk of infections and hospital complications.
- Trial name
- TPN2 (NCT00672854)
- Testing
- ClinOleic 20% Intravenous Emulsion, Intralipid, 20% Intravenous Emulsion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
GRam Stain-guided Antibiotics ChoicE for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (GRACE-VAP) Trial
Background: Optimising the use of antibiotic agents is a pressing challenge to overcoming the rapid emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens in intensive care units (ICUs).
- Trial name
- NCT03506113
- Testing
- Gram stain-guided antibiotic choice, Guidelines-based antibiotics choice
- Where
- 12 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 206 people
- Sponsor
- Osaka General Medical Center
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Immunity Markers in Intensive Care Patients and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
The goal of this observational study is to show the direct correlation between the occurrence of recurrence of VAP and postagressive immunoparalysis, monitored by HLA-DR rate below litterature-acknowledged threshold, in a well…
- Trial name
- IMMUNAIX (NCT06607055)
- Testing
- Blood collection
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Aix-Pertuis
Hospital Acquired Infection, Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Study on Dynamic Environmental Exposome of ICU and the Establishment of Microbial Transmission Model Between Environment and Host
HAI (Hospital-acquired infection) is very common in ICU，and lack of understanding of environmental exposure omics and environment-host microbial interactions restricts the prevention and control of HAI.
- Trial name
- NCT05877625
- Testing
- Expectoration care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Evidence Based Practice
Effect of Implementing Evidence-based Practice and Nurse's Behavior Change on Quality of Care in Intensive Care Unit: Focus on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in a Tertiary Hospital in Bangladesh
Quality of care is crucial for preventing adverse events such as infection in the intensive care units (ICUs). The most common ICU-acquired infections include pneumonia such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), Central Line…
- Trial name
- EBP in Nursing (NCT06624540)
- Testing
- This is a pre- and post- quasi-experimental study., Education with EBP
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh, Japan
- Volunteers
- 272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hiroshima University
Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (HAP), Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Resistance-Optimised Antimicrobial Dosing in Critically Ill Patients, a Randomised Controlled Trial
Critically ill people who need a breathing machine often develop hospital-acquired lung infections. These infections are commonly treated with the antibiotics piperacillin/tazobactam or meropenem.
- Conditions
- Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (HAP), Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Nosocomial Respiratory Infection, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- ROAD-RCT (NCT07820501)
- Testing
- Resistance-Optimised Precision Dosing, Standard Care Dosing
- Volunteers
- 610 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Serum Procalcitonin Study in the Management of Ventilated Patients
The purpose of this study is to test a new method for diagnosing and monitoring Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, which is a major killer among ICU patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00726167
- Testing
- Procalcitonin Level
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Elderly, Healthcare Associated Infection
Prevalence and Risk Factors for the Carriage of Bacteria and Clostridioid in Elderly Dependent Persons
Brief summary : Very few studies have evaluated the prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR), highly resistant emerging bacteria and Clostridioides difficile toxinogenic (CDt) in residents and in healthcare workers (HCW) in…
- Trial name
- PREMS (NCT04579094)
- Testing
- Feces sampling at inclusion (J0)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 492 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Healthcare-associated Infections, Quality Culture and Leadership in Intensive Care
Perceptions of Leadership in Quality Culture for Infection Prevention Among Intensive Care Nurses and Unit-Based Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance Indicators in Intensive Care Units
This study aims to examine intensive care nurses' perceptions of leadership in quality culture for infection prevention and to investigate antimicrobial resistance indicators at the intensive care unit level.
- Conditions
- Healthcare-associated Infections, Quality Culture and Leadership in Intensive Care, Infection Prevention and Control
- Trial name
- NCT07782372
- Volunteers
- 127 people
- Sponsor
- Yeliz Sapulu Alakan
Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Semirecumbent Position by Mechanical Ventilation
It's based in an observational trial in mechanical ventilated patients. The investigators assess the head of bed elevation angle in the routine treatment of the unit.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Compliance, Treatment
- Trial name
- NCT04149665
- Testing
- simple blind observation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Bürgerspital Solothurn
Nosocomial Infection
Epidemiological Investigation of CRBSI, VAP, CAUTI in Chinese ICU
The current protocol desires to implement a large-multicenter observational study of hospital acquired infection in ICU in China.
- Trial name
- NCT01943331
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Southeast University, China