Removal of Endotracheal Tube Secretions Comprehensively Until Extubation

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Mechanical Ventilation, Pneumonia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to measure secretion accumulation within endotracheal tubes of mechanically ventilated patients and test the efficacy, safety and clinical impact of removing the secretions using novel airway management catheters (Complete Airway Management Catheters: CAM Rescue Cath and CAM Endotrach Cath).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00663637

Run by

O. M. Neotech, Inc.

People needed

30

Starts

2008-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-05-29

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients receiving medical care in adult intensive care unit setting
• Patients who have been intubated and mechanically ventilated for at least 12 hours
• Patients intubated with an endotracheal tube with an internal diameter of 7.0 mm or greater

You may not qualify if…

• Patients receiving medical care in a setting not compatible with an adult intensive care unit
• Patients who have been intubated and mechanically ventilated for less than 12 hours
• Patients intubated with an endotracheal tube with an internal diameter of 6.5 mm or less
• Patients intubated with dual lumen or steel-reinforced endotracheal tubes

Where it is running

• Saint Francis Medical Center — Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States (enrolling)

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