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NCT number NCT01550419
Other study ID # MHC Hospital 01
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 0
First received March 2, 2012
Last updated February 24, 2013
Start date March 2012
Est. completion date February 2014

Study information

Verified date February 2013
Source Shanghai Minhang Central Hospital
Contact Liu ChunYan, MD
Phone 021-64923400
Email doctorlcy@sina.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority China: Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in ventilated critically ill patients specially in intensive care unit (ICU). It is associated with an increased duration of mechanical ventilation, high death rates and increased healthcare costs in China. However, VAP is preventable and many practices have been demonstrated to reduce the incidence of this disease, but the morbidity is still so high. So much more methods of prevention should be needed to reduce the incidence of VAP.

Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) present anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects besides their ability to regulate cholesterol composition. So it is hypothesized that early use of statin may prevent some of the infection disease such as VAP.

Actually, Two studies have showed that statin treatment is associated with reduced risk of pneumonia. However, the relationship between statins and reduced risk of pneumonia is not consistent.

After reviewing some of the guidelines,meta analyses and system reviews, the investigator find that advanced age,immune suppression from disease or medication and specially depressed level of consciousness are the risk factors of VAP. So the investigator assumes that early use of statin may give us a favorable outcome in the patients with coma or in the patients with severe disease (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score > 15 or Glasgow coma score < 7).

In addition there is no prospective study to investigate the role of statins in VAP in the patients with ischemic stroke. The investigator hopes that this study can approve the relationship between statins and reduced risk of VAP in the patients with ischemic stroke. And it can improve the processes,outcomes and costs of critical care as well.


Description:

This is a one-center, two-arm, randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial. When a patient with ischemic stroke who needs mechanic ventilation is admitted to ICU,a sealed envelop will be opened which decide whether the patient is assigned to the placebo arm or the atorvastatin arm. During they stay in ICU, one tablet of atorvastatin (40mg) or one tablet of placebo will be administered. Atorvastatin or placebo will be administered through an enteral feeding tube or administered orally when patients are able to safely take oral medications.

VAP diagnosis accords with the comprehensive evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia:Diagnosis and treatment which was published in 2008.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date February 2014
Est. primary completion date February 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- All consecutive patients with ischemic stroke who are admitted to Intensive Care Unit(ICU) between 1st March.2012 at 00:00 hours (midnight) and the finish date of 31st March. 2014 at 23:59 hours (11.59 pm). Patients who are already in the ICU prior to 1st March. 2012 at 00:00 hours will not be included in the study.

- Duration of mechanical ventilation > 48h through tracheal tube or tracheotomy

- Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with pneumonia when they are admitted to ICU.

- Previous use of statin for cholesterol regulation.

- Chronic liver disease or active liver disease.

- Increase of CPK (over 3 times the upper limit) during hospitalization.

- Malnutrition.

- Pregnancy.

- Unwilling to continue the therapy during hospitalization.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention


Intervention

Drug:
Atorvastatin
Patients will receive 40mg atorvastatin(one tablet) over night via enteral feeding tube or per os during they stay in ICU at most thirty days.
Placebo
The smell and shape of placebo are the same as atorvastatin

Locations

Country Name City State
China Shanghai Minhang Central Hospital Shanghai

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Shanghai Minhang Central Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Cumulative frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia 30 days Yes
Secondary Mortality 30 days Yes
Secondary Ventilation free days 30 days Yes
Secondary Antibiotic free days 30 days Yes
Secondary Whether the bacteria of multidrug-resistance can be isolated from the sputum culture We will find whether methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase(ESBLs) or Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE)can be isolated from the sputum culture. 30 days Yes
Secondary Adverse effects Creatine kinase of more than three times the upper normal limit or hepatic enzyme dysfunction. 30 days Yes
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