# Early Tracheotomy Versus Prolonged Endotracheal Intubation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients

> **NCT00127621** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris** · enrollment: 468 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Respiratory Insufficiency

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** early tracheotomy
- **PROCEDURE:** prolonged endotracheal intubation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00127621
- **Lead sponsor:** Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2002-04
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2005-04
- **Target enrollment:** 468 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2005-08-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00127621

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00127621, "Early Tracheotomy Versus Prolonged Endotracheal Intubation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00127621. Licensed CC0.

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