Aspiration in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Dysphagia
In brief
The purpose of this study is to learn more about problems with swallowing that could develop in patients who are very sick and need a machine to help them breathe.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02363686
- Run by
- University of Colorado, Denver
- People needed
- 248
- Starts
- 2012-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-11-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-07-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects will be eligible to participate in the study if they meet all of the following criteria:
- Admission to a University of Colorado Hospital ICU
- Mechanical ventilation support through an endotracheal tube for greater than 24 hours
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects will be ineligible to participate in the study if they meet any of the following criteria
- Age less than 18 years
- Contraindication to enteral nutrition administration
- Diagnosis of an acute or pre-existing central nervous system disorder (excluding a seizure disorder)
- Pre-existing dysphagia
- Previous surgery of the head, neck, or esophagus
- Previous cancer of the head or neck
- The presence of a tracheostomy
- The presence of nasal or pharyngeal trauma or bleeding
- Clinical team believes one of the protocols would be harmful to an individual patient
- Expected survival less than 3 months
- Pregnancy
- Imprisoned at the time of admission, anytime during the hospitalization, or anytime during the followup period
- Inability to give informed consent and proxy unavailable.
Where it is running
- University of Colorado Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Boston University Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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