# Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Italian ICU Using Cuffed Tracheostomy Tubes With Subglottic Secretion Drainage

> **NCT02223988** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Turin, Italy** · enrollment: 100 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Respiratory Failure

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** subglottic secretion removal

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02223988
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Turin, Italy
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-07
- **Primary completion:** 2016-06
- **Final completion:** 2016-07
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-05-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02223988

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02223988, "Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Italian ICU Using Cuffed Tracheostomy Tubes With Subglottic Secretion Drainage". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02223988. Licensed CC0.

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