NCT00157287

A Cluster Randomized Trial to Improve Weaning and Extubation From Mechanical Ventilation in Community Hospitals

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Protocol directed weaning has been shown to reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation for patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of tertiary centres. However, this benefit has not previously been studied in a community hospital setting. We therefore sought to evaluate the impact of an evidence-based weaning guideline on the outcomes for patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the ICUs of community hospitals in a cluster randomized controlled trial involving 11 community hospitals.

Conditions

• Respiration, Artificial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Evidence based weaning protocol

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-06-01
• Primary completion: 2005-06-01
• Completion: 2006-04-01
• First posted: 2005-09-12
• Last updated: 2017-08-25

Locations

11 sites across 1 country: Canada