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Differences in Morbidity Between a Necessity Endotracheal Suctioning Protocol Versus a Routine Endotracheal Suctioning

An interventional study of Necessity endotracheal suctioning and Routine endotracheal suctioning in Hypoxemia, Arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrest, sponsored by Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe. Completed at 1 site in Colombia. Open to participants aged 1 Month to 14 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-11.

Sponsored by Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
92
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
1 Month to 14 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Morbidity frequency associated to a endotracheal suctioning is different between a necessity endotracheal suctioning protocol versus a routine endotracheal protocol.

Read the detailed description

Endotracheal aspiration is a very useful procedure. It has several adverse events every time that aspiration is practiced. This trials wants to identify which protocol (necessity versus routine) could be better to practice in pediatrics intensive care unit with less risk.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypoxemia
  • Arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Keywords

  • Unplanned extubation
  • Length of stay in PICU
  • Length of mechanical ventilation
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In context

Hypoxia

1,076 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypoxia; 213 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 92 is above the median of 45 across 769 interventional studies indexed under Hypoxia.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Month to 14 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Children older than 1 month until 14 years old requiring orotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • High frequency ventilation mode
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
92 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Necessity endotracheal suctioning

    Endotracheal suctioning depends on clinical manifestations

    Procedure: Necessity endotracheal suctioning

  • Other
    Routine endotracheal suctioning

    Endotracheal suctioning every two hours

    Procedure: Routine endotracheal suctioning

Interventions

  • ProcedureNecessity endotracheal suctioning

    Endotracheal suctioning depends on clinical manifestations

  • ProcedureRoutine endotracheal suctioning

    Endotracheal suctioning every two hours

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary Composite End Point

    All causes of morbidity. Clinically identified as hypoxaemia, unplanned extubation, cardiac arrythmias, cardiac arrest. Measured as any change in patient´s monitor identified for ancillary nurse and/or confirmed directly by pediatrician.

    Time frame: Every component for primary outcome can be assessed during or after suctioning is applied.For routine protocol, every 2 hours for necessity protocol will depend on patient´s necessity. The assessment was done in each patient during intubation period .

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mechanical Ventilation Length as Days.

    Number of days under mechanical ventilation during ICU hospitalization length

    Time frame: Every day while patient really is intubated.

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Results

Posted Sep 11, 2017

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneNecessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal Suctioning
Started4745
Completed4745
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryPrimary Composite End Point

All causes of morbidity. Clinically identified as hypoxaemia, unplanned extubation, cardiac arrythmias, cardiac arrest. Measured as any change in patient´s monitor identified for ancillary nurse and/or confirmed directly by pediatrician.

Time frame:
Every component for primary outcome can be assessed during or after suctioning is applied.For routine protocol, every 2 hours for necessity protocol will depend on patient´s necessity. The assessment was done in each patient during intubation period .
Reported as:
Number · event
Primary Composite End Point
eventNecessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal Suctioning
Primary Composite End Point3548
SecondaryMechanical Ventilation Length as Days.

Number of days under mechanical ventilation during ICU hospitalization length

Time frame:
Every day while patient really is intubated.
Reported as:
Median · Days
Mechanical Ventilation Length as Days.
DaysNecessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal Suctioning
Mechanical Ventilation Length as Days.2.5 (1 to 5)2.4 (0.8 to 6.4)

Adverse events

Non-serious events are listed at a 1% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Necessity Endotracheal Suctioning9/47 (19.1%)0/47 (0%)0/45 (0%)
Routine Endotracheal Suctioning12/45 (26.7%)1/45 (2.2%)0/47 (0%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventNecessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal Suctioning
VAPRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/471/45

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(months)Necessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal SuctioningTotal
Median34 (7 to 104)56 (14 to 108)40.5 (8.3 to 107.1)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Necessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal SuctioningTotal
Female212344
Male262248
Weight
Weight(Kgs)Necessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal SuctioningTotal
Median15 (7 to 31)15 (10 to 30)15 (7.6 to 30)
PRISM
PRISM(units on a scale)Necessity Endotracheal SuctioningRoutine Endotracheal SuctioningTotal
Median23 (14 to 28)23 (17 to 27)23 (15 to 26.5)
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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe
    Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lema-Zuluaga GL, Fernandez-Laverde M, Correa-Varela AM, Zuleta-Tobon JJ. As-needed endotracheal suctioning protocol vs a routine endotracheal suctioning in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A randomized controlled trial. Colomb Med (Cali). 2018 Jun 30;49(2):148-153. doi: 10.25100/cm.v49i2.2273. PubMed 30104806 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Feb 2010, a primary completion of Aug 2010 and a completion of Aug 2010. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

Results were first posted in Sep 2017, 7 years 1 month after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 10, 2010
First posted
Feb 17, 2010
Start
Feb 2010
Primary completionActual
Aug 2010
CompletionActual
Aug 2010
Results first posted
Sep 11, 2017
Last update
Sep 11, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 11, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01069185
Lead sponsor
Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
Responsible party
Gloria Lema (MD, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 17, 2010
Start date
Feb 2010
Primary completion
Aug 2010
Completion
Aug 2010
Results posted
Sep 11, 2017
Last update
Sep 11, 2017

Study contacts

Gloria L Lema, MD
principal investigator · Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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