Antibiotic Treatment in Ventilator Associated Tracheobronchitis (VAT)

NCT ID: NCT01027832

Last Updated: 2009-12-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-09-30

Brief Summary

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Mechanically Ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) often present with fever, and purulent sputum, but without radiological evidence of pneumonia.

These patients may have tracheobronchitis. Some suspect that this condition precedes the development of pneumonia. Antibiotic treatment in tracheobronchitis is controversial.

The investigators will recruit patients with tracheobronchitis and randomize them into 2 groups. One group will be treated with antibiotics and the other group will serve as control.

Detailed Description

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Patients with proved tracheobronchitis who are mechanically ventilated for more than 48 hrs, will undergo a CT scan to rool our pneumonia that may not be seen on a routine chest x-ray.

After ruling out pneumonia by CT scan, patients will be randomized into 2 groups. Intervention group will receive 7 days of treatment with Piperacillin/Tazobactam. A control group will receive nothing.

Primary endpoint wil be the rate of new pneumonias and secondary endpoint will be ICU Length of stay, days on mechanical ventilation and 28 day mortality.

Conditions

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Tracheobronchitis

Keywords

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tracheobronchitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control arm

no intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental arm

antibiotics

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Piperacillin/Tazobactam for 7 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Piperacillin/Tazobactam for 7 days

Interventions

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Piperacillin/Tazobactam for 7 days

Piperacillin/Tazobactam for 7 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Tracheobronchitis as defined by:

* Purulent sputum with \> 10 x 4 CFU
* Leukocytosis or leukopenia
* Fever
* No pneumonia on CT scan

Exclusion Criteria

* Recent treatment of pneumonia
* Abnormal Chest X-ray
* Evidence of Pneumonia on CT scan
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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AGeneral ICU, Assaf Harofe MC, Zerifin 70300, Israel

Principal Investigators

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Arie Soroksky, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, Israel.

Locations

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Assaf Harofe MC

Beer Yakov, Zerifin, Israel

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Israel

Central Contacts

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Arie Soroksky, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 972-8-9779320

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Arie Soroksky, M.D.

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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102/09

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id