# Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Taper Guard Versus Normal Tube in ICU Patients

> **NCT01501227** · PHASE4 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of Malaya** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Taper Guard Endotracheal Tube
- **OTHER:** Conventional endotracheal tube

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01501227
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Malaya
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2012-02
- **Primary completion:** 2013-07
- **Final completion:** 2013-12
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2011-12-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01501227

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01501227, "Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Taper Guard Versus Normal Tube in ICU Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01501227. Licensed CC0.

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