# A Prospective, Randomized Trial of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Trauma Patients With Severe Brain Injury

> **NCT00292097** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Memorial Medical Center** · enrollment: 5 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Respiratory Failure
- Traumatic Brain Injury

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Early tracheostomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Late tracheostomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00292097
- **Lead sponsor:** Memorial Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2006-02
- **Primary completion:** 2008-05
- **Final completion:** 2008-05
- **Target enrollment:** 5 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Difficulty obtaining enrollment
- **Last updated:** 2008-06-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00292097

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00292097, "A Prospective, Randomized Trial of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Trauma Patients With Severe Brain Injury". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00292097. Licensed CC0.

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