Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent health care-associated infection in severely ill patients, and aspiration of contaminated oropharyngeal content around the cuff of the tracheal tube is the main route of contamination.
Research Question: Is continuous regulation of tracheal cuff pressure using a pneumatic device superior to manual assessment three times daily using a portable manometer (routine care) in preventing VAP in patients with severe trauma?
Study Design And Methods: In this open-label, randomized controlled superiority trial conducted in 13 French ICUs, adults (age ≥ 18 years) with severe trauma (Injury Severity Score > 15) and requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for ≥ 48 h were enrolled. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) via a secure Web-based random number generator in permuted blocks of variable sizes to one of two groups according to the method of tracheal cuff pressure control. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients developing VAP within 28 days following the tracheal intubation, as determined by two assessors masked to group assignment, in the modified intention-to-treat population. This study is closed to new participants.
Results: A total of 434 patients were recruited between July 31, 2015, and February 15, 2018, of whom 216 were assigned to the intervention group and 218 to the control group. Seventy-three patients (33.8%) developed at least one episode of VAP within 28 days following the tracheal intubation in the intervention group compared with 64 patients (29.4%) in the control group (adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.76-1.20; P = .71). No serious adverse events related to the use of the pneumatic device were noted.
Interpretation: Continuous regulation of cuff pressure of the tracheal tube using a pneumatic device was not superior to routine care in preventing VAP in patients with severe trauma.
Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT02534974; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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