# The Gravity-VAP (Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) Trial

> **NCT01138540** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Policlinico Hospital** · enrollment: 800 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** lateral-Trendelenburg position

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01138540
- **Lead sponsor:** Policlinico Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2010-11
- **Primary completion:** 2015-04
- **Final completion:** 2015-04
- **Target enrollment:** 800 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** Steering Committee accepted DSMB advise to terminate the study after review of data analysis at second interim analysis
- **Last updated:** 2017-06-16

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01138540

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01138540, "The Gravity-VAP (Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01138540. Licensed CC0.

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