Simple Mechanical Device to Control Pressure in the Balloon of the Endotracheal Tube to Prevent Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia; Intubation -Related Tracheal Lesions; Tracheal Intubation; Mechanical Ventilation

• Registration Number: NCT02514655
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

Hypothesis: Nosten® device is able to reduce the time of underinflated balloon and removes excess pressure. This device may thus reduce the risk of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP) and early tracheal lesions resulting from intubation with decreased discomfort, morbidity, and nursing workload.

The main objective of the investigators is to show that Nosten® device is more effective than monitoring and manual inflation of the balloon of the tracheal tube to prevent VAP occurrence.

Detailed Description

Multicenter, controlled, prospective randomized open study with blinded assessment of the primary endpoint. Two groups are set up: one experimental group with the control of the cuff pressure by the Nosten® device versus one control group with the manual monitoring of the cuff pressure and inflation of the balloon.

Inclusion: All orotracheally intubated patients for an expected period \> 48 hours will be selected. Inclusion will be decided using an algorithm adapted to each center to limit the number of inclusion per month without any biases.

The total number of required insclusion is 500, or 250 / group. This calculation is based on the assumption that a frequency of 25% of patients having at least one VAP in the reference strategy, ensuring a 80% power in the detection by Chi-2 test with a difference 10%. A bilateral risk of first species determined at 5% was considered.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-30
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-04
• Study Start: 2015-08-15
• Primary Completion: 2015-08-15
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-19
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-25
• Study Completion: 2026-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients aged ≥18 years
• Patients admitted in the ICU, mechanically ventilated and whose trachea was intubated by the oral route using tubes with catheter polyvinyl chloride "high-volume low pressure" and of standard shape tubes Intubation indication is decided by the physicians in charge according to the usual criteria of respiratory, neurological and /or hemodynamic failure
• With an expected duration of mechanical ventilation > 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients intubated by nasotracheal route
• Patients with tracheotomy before admission
• Patients intubated with a polyurethane balloon catheter or a polyvinyl chloride balloon catheter of conical shape
• Previously intubated patients for > 48 hours before their possible recruitment
• Moribund patients (terminal illness or care-limiting decision)
• Minors protected or incapacitated patients
• Patients with recently diagnosed ENT cancer
• Patients with facial, thoracic, spinal or upper airway trauma
• Patients burned, intoxicated by fire fumes or caustic ingestion
• Patient pregnant or breastfeeding (or with known positive urine pregnancy test before inclusion)
• Patient intubated with a subglottic suction tube
• Unaffiliated patients to a social security
• Patients included in any other scientific study that may interfere with the outcome criteria of this study. This includes any other study on tracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation, if the use of the pressure control device may interfere with its endpoint.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction of the incidence of VAP as defined according to the criteria of the American Thoracic Society (3 months after inclusion)	up to 3 months	To prove that the Nosten® device is more effective than monitoring and manual inflation of the catheter balloon in reducing the occurrence of VAP.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in the duration of antibiotic therapy administered to patients, if diagnosed with ventilator-aquired-pneumonia (VAP) (3 months)	up to 3 months	Reduction of clinically suspected Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia (VAP)
Reduction in the tracheobronchial bacterial colonization assessed using the bacteriological examination of the tracheal aspiration (as long as the patient is intubated during 3 months after inclusion)	up to 3 months	using the bacteriological examination of the tracheal aspiration during the intensive care hospitalization
Reduction of clinically suspected Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia (VAP)	up to 3 months	before obtaining microbiological results needed to affirm the Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia (VAP) according to the criteria of the American Thoracic Society (3 months)
Reduction in the periods of hyper-pressure and under-inflation (as long as the patient is intubated during 3 months after inclusion)	up to 3 months	Using Nosten® device
Reduction in the significant early laryngeal and tracheal injuries related to intubation (3 months)	up to 3 months	using the tracheal ischemia score \[Touat L. Intensive Care Med 2014\]

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Service de Réanimation Médical et Toxicologique; 🇫🇷 Paris, France