Efficacy Study on Silver-coated ETT Cleaned With a Novel Device

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Critically Ill

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a novel cleaning device in keeping silver-coated endotracheal tubes free from bacterial colonization.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02120001

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

40

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Admission to Medical, Surgical or Neuro ICU
• Subjects must be enrolled within 24 hours from intubation
• Subjects expected to be intubated for at least 48 hours or longer
• Subjects have been intubated with a silver-coated ETT

You may not qualify if…

• Current and past participation in another interventional trial conflicting with the present study
• Pregnant women
• Prisoner status

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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