# Effectiveness of Dental Brushing for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

> **NCT00842478** · PHASE2,PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona.** · enrollment: 400 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
- Nosocomial Pneumonia
- Pneumonia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Toothbrushing

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00842478
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona.
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2,PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2005-05
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 400 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2009-02-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00842478

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00842478, "Effectiveness of Dental Brushing for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-06 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00842478. Licensed CC0.

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