Prevention of Pneumonia Comparing Ceftriaxone With Subglottic Aspiration

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2003-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary purpose of the trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of two measures which claim to prevent early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias
• Collaborator: Hoffmann-La Roche
• Treatments: Ceftriaxone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Endotracheal intubation with endotracheal tube equipped with port for aspirations of subglottic contents and expected to exceed 48 hors.

• Absence of infection.

• 18 years or older.

• Informed Consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Endotracheal intubation prior to admission to hospital.

• Allergic to beta-lactam antibiotics.

• Formal indication for systemic antibiotic therapy.