Efficiency and Safety of the Prolonged Use of Heat and Moisture Exchangers in ICU
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Charles University, Czech Republic · Other
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About This Trial
FILTRex is a single-centre, controlled, randomised, prospective, non-inferiority clinical trial to compare the efficiency and safety of prolonged (72-hours) versus standard (24-hours) duration of use for Heat and Moisture Exchange (HME) filters in adult mechanically ventilated critically ill patients
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age ≥18 years
2. In-patient in ICU and expected to stay \> 3 days
3. Mechanical ventilation or imminent need of it; predicted length of mechanical ventilation ≥ 72h
4. Clinical Pulmonary Infection score (CPIS) less than six at the baseline 5 No history and symptoms of aspirat…
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