Can Hospital Acquired Pneumonia be Prevented in Patients Who Gurgle?

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01134133

Enrollment

Registered

2010-05-31

Start date

2010-02-28

Completion date

2010-07-31

Last updated

2011-06-23

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Conditions

Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Gurgling Patients

Brief summary

Hospital inpatients who have gurgling sounds heard during speech or breathing have been observed to have a higher risk of hospital acquired pneumonia. Patients who gurgle and who consent to participation will be randomized to receive routine clinical management or management to include measures employed to reduce risks of aspiration, namely, 1. head of bed up (30 degrees or higher), 2. swallowing evaluation by speech therapist (and feeding predicated on formal evaluation), 3. prompting managing physicians to reduce sedating medications to minimal effective dose.

Interventions

OTHERAnti-gurgling intervention

1\. head of bed 30 degrees or higher, 2. swallowing evaluation-based feeding, 3. sedatives titrated to minimal effective dose.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Gurglers who consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

* Non-gurglers * Patients presenting with pneumonia prior to identification with gurgling * Patients receiving comfort-care-only

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Hospital acquired pneumonia	14 days (average)

Outcome results

None listed

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