Clinical trialNCT00613795CompletedPhase 3Interventional

Lactobacillus GG in the Prophylaxis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

SponsorCreighton UniversityEnrollment125PneumoniaVentilator Associated Pneumonia

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Summary

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This study utilizes lactobacillus, or probiotics, delivered twice daily to the mouth and stomach, via feeding tube, in effort to determine whether the oral administration of a naturally occurring Lactobacillus species reduces the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia therefore reducing intensive care unit(ICU)complications.

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Investigators

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Lee Morrow, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Creighton University Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Aug 2004
Primary completion: 31 Aug 2009
Completion: 30 Nov 2009
Last update posted: 18 Mar 2010
Registered enrollment: 125
Registry id: NCT00613795

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