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Perpetual Observational Study - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Sponsor: European Clinical Research Alliance for Infectious Diseases (ECRAID)
Summary
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a bacterial respiratory infection that patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) often get when they cannot breathe for themselves and require mechanical ventilation. It is linked to higher chances of death, a longer stay in the hospital, higher costs, and the use of more antibiotics. Options to help prevent or treat this disease are in development and will require evaluation in future clinical trials. The goal of POS-VAP is to build and continuously train a network of ICUs to be prepared for doing these trials, to facilitate their execution.
Official title: POS-VAP: Perpetual Observational Study - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20000
Start Date
2022-08-03
Completion Date
2026-03-01
Last Updated
2024-04-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Locations (35)
University Hospital of Trauma
Tirana, Albania
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc UCL
Brussels, Belgium
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Ghent, Belgium
Hôpital de Jolimont
La Louvière, Belgium
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Clinique Saint Pierre Ottignies
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia
General Hospital "Dr. Josip Benčević" Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases
Zagreb, Croatia
University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady
Brno-Vinohrady, Czechia
University Hospital Motol
Prague, Czechia
Centre Hospitalier William Morey
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon Bourgogne
Dijon, France
Centre Hospitalier de Le Mans
Le Mans, France
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille
Lille, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren of Limoges
Limoges, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
Tours, France
University Hospital Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
University Hospital of Alexandroupolis
Alexandroupoli, Greece
Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens
Athens, Greece
Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital of Athens
Athens, Greece
General University Hospital of Larissa
Larissa, Greece
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico Gemelli
Roma, Italy
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Deventer, Netherlands
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Central Military Emergency University Hospital Dr. Carol Davila
Bucharest, Romania
Elias University Emergency Hospital
Bucharest, Romania
University Clinical Center of Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain
IMED Valencia
Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Vall d'Hebrón University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
John V Farman Intensive Care Unit
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle, United Kingdom