Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Automatic Control of the Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00364299 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: August 15, 2006
Last Update Posted
: October 20, 2006
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Mechanical Ventilation | Device: Automatic control of tracheal tube cuff pressure | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 142 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Automatic Control of the Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure |
Study Start Date : | October 2002 |
Study Completion Date : | May 2006 |

- Incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients older than 18 years,
- Orotracheal intubation for less than 24 hours
- Expectancy to remain on mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pneumonia
- Witnessed macroscopic aspiration

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00364299
Spain | |
Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clinic | |
Barcelona, Spain, 08036 |
Principal Investigator: | Miquel Ferrer, MD | Hospital Clinic, Barcelona,Spain. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00364299 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
FIS 020744 |
First Posted: | August 15, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 20, 2006 |
Last Verified: | May 2006 |
Keywords provided by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona:
Ventilator-associated pneumonia Mechanical ventilation Tracheal tube cuff pressure |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pneumonia Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections |
Cross Infection Infection Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Lung Injury |