Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01068990 |
Recruitment Status
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Recruiting
First Posted
: February 17, 2010
Last Update Posted
: January 10, 2018
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Condition or disease |
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Severe Pneumonia |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 300 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients |
Study Start Date : | March 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | February 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | February 2019 |

- Identification of etiology of pneumonia [ Time Frame: 7 day from the time of pneumonia diagnosis ]
- Pneumonia-related death [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients admitting medical ICU with pneumonia
- Medical ICU admitted patients who is developed new pneumonia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients already treated more than 48 hours for pneumonia in transferring hospital and no causative organism is isolated

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01068990
Contact: Sang-Ho Choi, MD | +82-2-3010-3304 | sangho@amc.seoul.kr |
Korea, Republic of | |
Asan Medical Center | Recruiting |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736 | |
Principal Investigator: Sang-Ho Choi, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Sang-Ho Choi, MD | Asan Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | Sang-Ho Choi, Doctor, Asan Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01068990 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AICUP |
First Posted: | February 17, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 10, 2018 |
Last Verified: | January 2018 |
Keywords provided by Sang-Ho Choi, Asan Medical Center:
pneumonia |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pneumonia Critical Illness Respiratory Tract Infections Lung Diseases |
Respiratory Tract Diseases Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Infection |