The effect of endotracheal tube on pneumonia in ICU patients

Effect of EVAC tracheal tube in reducing ventilator associated pneumonia in critically patients of intensive care unit

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201012272582N3

Enrollment

Registered

2011-01-10

Start date

2011-01-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Pneumonia. Influenza and pneumonia

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: patient will be intubated with EVAC endotracheal tubes. Intervention 2: Control group: patients will be intubated with routin endotracheasl tubes.

Intervention group: patient will be intubated with EVAC endotracheal tubes

Control group: patients will be intubated with routin endotracheasl tubes

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: ICU patients with age more than 18 y. old who will be intubted for more than 72 hours. Exclusion criteria: Previous history of HIV, pregnancy, mechanical ventilation, malignancy, immunosuppresion or leucopenia with leukocyte count less than 1000/mm3.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Ventilatory associated pneumonia. Timepoint: During ICU stay. Method of measurement: CIPS (Clinicaly infectious pulmonary score).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Length of ICU stay. Timepoint: During ICU stay. Method of measurement: days of ICU stay.;Mortality. Timepoint: During ICU stay. Method of measurement: being alive or death.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAlireza Ostadrahimi

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

aostadrahimi@yahoo.com+98 41 1335 7311

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026