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Study NCT ID: NCT00374959
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2006-09-26
First Post: 2006-09-11
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Prevention of Pneumonia Comparing Ceftriaxone With Subglottic Aspiration
Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias
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Study Overview

Official Title: The Prevention of Primary Endogenous Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing Continuous Aspiration of Subglottic Content and a 3-Day Course of Ceftriaxone.
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2006-09
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The primary purpose of the trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of two measures which claim to prevent early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Detailed Description: Background: In a previous double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial we found that a 3-day-course of ceftriaxone significantly reduced the incidence of early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia (EOP). Continuous aspiration of secretions accumulating in the subglottic space above the cuff of the endotracheal tube has also been shown to prevent EOP.

Objective: To compare the effect of both preventive measures on the incidence of EOP.

Design: Randomized, multicenter.

Setting: Three general intensive care units at university hospitals in Spain. Patients: Patients without signs of infection and no concomitant systemic antibiotics were included if expected to require endotracheal intubation exceeding 2 days.

Intervention: All patients were intubated with an endotracheal tube equipped with a port for aspiration of subglottic secretions and subsequently randomized to receive a three day course of 2 gram/day iv ceftriaxone without aspiration of subglottic secretions or continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions.

Measurements: All ICU-acquired infections, antibiotic therapy, colonization and infection with 3rd-generation cephalosporin-resistant microorganisms, duration of intubation and ICU-stay and-mortality.

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