Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0051160955
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does a semi-recumbent position reduce the incidence of ventilator acquired pneumonia in the adult ventilated patient?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Respiratory: Ventilator acquired pneumonia
Intervention
Position 1 vs position 2
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Incidence of clinically suspected/confirmed pneumonia
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2005
Overall trial end date
30/06/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Adult ventilated patients admitted to Royal Sussex County Hospital ICU.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added March 2009: 30 patients
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2005
Recruitment end date
30/06/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (RSCH)
Brighton
BN2 5BE
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17983363
Publication citations
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Results
Keeley L, Reducing the risk of ventilator-acquired pneumonia through head of bed elevation., Nurs Crit Care, 12, 6, 287-294, doi: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2007.00247.x.