Strategies to Prevent Pneumonia (SToP Pneumonia)
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Official title
Oral Care Intervention in Mechanically Ventilated Adults
Brief summary
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This study tests whether special oral care provided by nurses to critically ill patients who are on a breathing machine (mechanical ventilator) can help to reduce the build-up of dental plaque on the teeth and reduce the risk of pneumonia.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00234598
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 547 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Toothbrushing only Procedure
- Chlorhexidine only Procedure
- Toothbrushing and Chlorhexidine Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2002
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2008
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2008
- Last update posted
- Dec 7, 2015
2002 – 2008
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | Virginia | 23284 | — |
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