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Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients

Sponsor
Asan Medical Center (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT01068990
Collaborator
(none)
300
Enrollment
1
Location
180
Duration (Months)
1.7
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study is a prospective observation study for lower respiratory tract infections in medical intensive care unit. Microbiologic and clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe pneumonia in medical intensive care unit will be monitored and analyzed.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    All patients admitting medical ICU will be monitored for pneumonia. Both community-acquired (including health-care associated pneumonia) and hospital-acquired pneumonia will be included. Collecting data will include patient demographic characteristics, clinical features, microbiological characteristics including molecular work, and outcome.

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Anticipated Enrollment :
    300 participants
    Observational Model:
    Cohort
    Time Perspective:
    Prospective
    Official Title:
    Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients
    Study Start Date :
    Mar 1, 2010
    Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
    Feb 28, 2024
    Anticipated Study Completion Date :
    Feb 28, 2025

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Identification of etiology of pneumonia [7 day from the time of pneumonia diagnosis]

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Pneumonia-related death [1 month]

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    16 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients admitting medical ICU with pneumonia

    • Medical ICU admitted patients who is developed new pneumonia

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Patients already treated more than 48 hours for pneumonia in transferring hospital and no causative organism is isolated

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Asan Medical Center Seoul Korea, Republic of 138-736

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Asan Medical Center

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Sang-Ho Choi, MD, Asan Medical Center

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Sang-Ho Choi, Doctor, Asan Medical Center
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01068990
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • AICUP
    First Posted:
    Feb 17, 2010
    Last Update Posted:
    Feb 16, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Feb 1, 2022
    Keywords provided by Sang-Ho Choi, Doctor, Asan Medical Center
    pneumonia
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Pneumonia
    Respiratory Tract Infections

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Feb 16, 2022