Status:
COMPLETED
A Trial to Reduce Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents
Lead Sponsor:
Yale University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of an enhanced oral hygiene protocol in preventing pneumonia among nursing home residents.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- long term care resident of nursing home
- residents age \>65
- residents of nursing home for at least one month
- residents having at least one of two modifiable risk factors for pneumonia (i.e., impaired oral hygiene, swallowing difficulty)
Exclusion
- residents housed in nursing home for short term rehabilitation
- residents who receive nourishment by tube feeding
- residents who have a life expectancy \< 3 months
- residents who have been diagnosed with pneumonia within the previous 6 weeks
- residents who are currently using oral chlorhexidine
- residents who have previously been enrolled in the study
- residents, or their designated proxies, who are unwilling to give informed consent
- residents who have tracheostomy
- residents who are non-english speaking
- residents who the administrator leadership of the home felt were not appropriate for the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
834 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00975780
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
November 20 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520