Clinical trials: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
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
Mechanical Ventilation, Critically Ill Patients
Saline Instillation Before Tracheal Suctioning and the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Compare the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia with or without tracheal isotonic saline instillation before tracheal suctioning
- Trial name
- NCT00432718
- Testing
- Saline Instillation before Tracheal Suctioning
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital do Cancer, Sao Paulo
Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia, Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections
Ontario ICU Clinical Best Practices Demonstration Project
The pragmatic issue at hand how to get physicians and nurses to use best practices… and how to measure consequences of their implementation.
- Conditions
- Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia, Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections, Pressure Ulcer Prophylaxis, DVT Prophylaxis
- Trial name
- NCT00332982
- Testing
- Focused knowledge translation strategies
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Respiratory Infection
Aerosolized Antibiotics and Respiratory Tract Infection in Patients on Mechanical Ventilation
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of aerosolized antibiotics on respiratory infection in mechanically ventilated patients.We hypothesize that aerosolized antibiotics , which achieve high drug concentrations in…
- Conditions
- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Respiratory Infection, Tracheobronchitis
- Trial name
- NCT00396578
- Testing
- aerosolized vancomycin or gentamicin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Mechanical Ventilation
Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Automatic Control of the Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure
Background: The aspiration of contaminated secretions pooled above the endotracheal tube cuff secondary to inadvertent falls of cuff pressure is the main pathogenic mechanism of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
- Trial name
- NCT00364299
- Testing
- Automatic control of tracheal tube cuff pressure
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 142 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Sepsis, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Intravenous Clarithromycin in Septic Syndrome
The aim of this clinical trial is to clarify the clinical efficacy of clarithromycin as immunotherapy for the management of septic syndrome by ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Trial name
- NCT00297674
- Testing
- Intravenous Clarithromycin
- Where
- 3 sites in Greece
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Pneumonia
Trial of Iseganan in Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
This is a multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to assess whether iseganan, applied topically to the oral cavity, can prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia among patients who are intubated and…
- Trial name
- NCT00118781
- Testing
- iseganan hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals