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NCT04467892

Low Versus High Corticosteroid Use in Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Completed Phase 2 Last updated 13 July 2020
What this trial tests

Phase 2 trial testing methylprednisolone in Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in 240 participants. Completed in 25 February 2020.

Timeline
2 January 2018
Primary endpoint
14 February 2020
25 February 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorKing Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital
PhasePhase 2
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment240
Start date2 January 2018
Primary completion14 February 2020
Estimated completion25 February 2020
Sites1 location across Saudi Arabia

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

patients who had \>3 on Murray score and \>6 on CPIS allocated randomly in two groups 120 patients in each. Group A received 30 mg/kg methyl-prednisolone slowly intravenous in 250 mL normal saline every 8 hours for only 48 hours while group B received 1 mg/kg/day methyl-prednisolone divided to three doses given every 8 hours for two weeks. Duration of the study last 16 days, Morbidity considered if no improvement in any or all clinical parameters of both Murray and CPIS scores and failure of weaning of patients from the ventilator at the studied period.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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