Saline Instillation Before Tracheal Suctioning and the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00432718

Enrollment

260

Registered

2007-02-08

Start date

2001-08-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2007-02-08

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Conditions

Critically Ill Patients, Mechanical Ventilation

Keywords

Pneumonia, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Prevention

Brief summary

Compare the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia with or without tracheal isotonic saline instillation before tracheal suctioning

Interventions

PROCEDURESaline Instillation before Tracheal Suctioning

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Consecutive patients foreseen to receive mechanical ventilation for more than 72 hours

Exclusion criteria

* Previous mechanical ventilation in the last month * Mechanical ventilation for more than 6 hours before arrival at ICU, * Contraindication to bronchoscopy and * Be expected to die or undergo withdrawal treatment within 48 hours-

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
atelectasis	—
tube occlusion	—

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026