Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of a Closed Suction System to Remove Secretions From the Endotracheal Tube
Lead Sponsor:
Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo di Monza
Conditions:
Intubation
Expected Duration of Ventilation > 48h
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Cleaning the endotracheal tube with a specifically designed device results in lower amount of secretions at extubation, assessed by micro CT scan
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients admitted to an ICU
- 18 years old or more
- expected to be intubated for more than 48 hours
- less than 24 hours from intubation
- fraction of inspired oxygen set at the ventilator \<80%
Exclusion
- Current or past participation in another intervention trial conflicting with the present study
- expected survival less than 24 hours
- Acute severe asthma
- Use of Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or candidates for ECMO
- Double lumen endotracheal tube in place
- Conditions which pose the patient at high risk if inadvertent endotracheal tube displacement occurs (laryngeal edema, cervical spine trauma, upper airways diseases with difficult reintubation)
- other contraindications posed by staff physicians
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01912105
Start Date
April 1 2013
End Date
July 1 2014
Last Update
August 25 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo
Monza, Italy, 23900