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Register: IRCT
Last refreshed on: 22 February 2018
Main ID:  IRCT2014121620341N1
Date of registration: 2014-12-31
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Does administration of clarithromycin prevent pneumonia due to ventilator use?
Scientific title: The effect of clarithromycin in preventing ventilator associated pneumonia
Date of first enrolment: 2013-05-04
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://en.irct.ir/trial/18042
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention.  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Name: Mohammad Reza Mirjalili   
Address:  Shahid Sadoughi hospital, Riazi sq., Yazd, Iran Yazd Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Telephone: +98 35 3725 8771
Email: dr.mirjalili@ssu.ac.ir
Affiliation:  Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Name: Mohammad Reza Mirjalili   
Address:  Shahid Sadoughi hospital, Riazi sq, Yazd, Iran Yazd Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Telephone: +98 35 3725 8771
Email: dr.mirjalili@ssu.ac.ir
Affiliation:  Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: ICU admission
Exclusion criteria: Neutropenia (Absolute Neutrophil Count less than 500 cells/µl); HIV infection; second or three degree atrioventricular (AV) block; Receiving oral corticosteroids in the past month

Exclusion criteria:

Age minimum: 18 years
Age maximum: 80 years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pneumonia, unspecified
ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Pneumonia, unspecified
Intervention(s)
Prevention
Intervention: oral clarithromycin 500 mg/BD
Control: placebo.
Intervention: oral clarithromycin 500 mg/BD
Control: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Pneumonia. Timepoint: 48 hours. Method of measurement: Tracheobronchial smear culture, Colony forming units more than 10000000.
Secondary Outcome(s)
?APACHI score. Timepoint: day 1, 5, and 10. Method of measurement: physical exam.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
ethics committee of Shahid sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
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