Taper-shaped Cuff Endotracheal Tube Against Respiratory Infections (TETRIS)

Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pneumonia

Treatments: Device: Endotracheal tube TaperGuard; Device: Endotracheal tube Hi-Contour Brandt

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01457248

HMGS-2011-1

2011-A01038-33 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The incidence of postoperative pneumonia after aortic surgery reaches 60%. In experimental lung model, endotracheal tube with taper-shaped cuff has been shown to decrease microaspiration. This effect has never been demonstrated in patients. The investigators hypothesize that use of endotracheal tube with taper-shaped cuff decreases the incidence of postoperative pneumonia in patients after aortic surgery.

Enrollment: 162 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 ans
• Elective aortic surgery
• Admission in ICU after aortic surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Tracheostomized patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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162 participants in 2 patient groups

endotracheal tube with taper-shaped cuff

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Endotracheal tube TaperGuard

Endotracheal tube with cylindrical-shaped cuff

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Endotracheal tube Hi-Contour Brandt