Endotracheal Tube Securement Study (ETTS)

July 8, 2019 updated by: Todd Rice, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Effect of Adhesive Versus Endotracheal Tube Fastener in Critically Ill Adults: The Endotracheal Tube Securement Study

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of endotracheal tube securement techniques, a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial will compare the effect of adhesive tape versus endotracheal tube fastener on complications including lip ulcers, facial skin tears, endotracheal tube dislodgement, and ventilator associated pneumonia among critically ill adults requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Background: The optimal securement method of endotracheal tubes is unknown, but should provide adequate security while minimizing complications. This study tests the hypothesis that use of an endotracheal tube fastener would reduce complications among critically ill adults undergoing endotracheal intubation. This hypothesis will be tested in a pragmatic, single center, randomized trial comparing the effect of adhesive tape versus endotracheal tube fastener (Hollister) among critically ill adults requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

500

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
        • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 95 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient intubated prior to admission to the MICU and the intubation time was less than 12 hours from the time of admission
  • Patients intubated in the MICU for greater than 24 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

  • intubated greater than 12 hours prior to admission to the MICU
  • presence of oral mucosa or facial skin breakdown prior to enrollment
  • required nasotracheal intubation,
  • had a documented allergy to tape
  • pregnant
  • prisoners

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Adhesive Tape
Patients in adhesive tape arm had endotracheal tube secured with adhesive tape
Endotracheal tube secured with adhesive tape.
Experimental: Tube Fastener
Patients in the tube fastener arm had endotrachel tube secured with tube fastener
Endotrachel tube secured with tube fastener
Other Names:
  • Hollister AnchorFast

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate of Any Incidence of the Following: Presence of Lip Ulcer, Endotracheal Tube Dislodgement, or Facial Skin Tears From the Time of Randomization to the Earlier of Death or 48 Hours After Extubation
Time Frame: 48 hours post extubation up to 3 months
Rate per 1000 ventilator days of any incidence of the following: presence of lip ulcer, endotracheal tube dislodgement, or facial skin tears from the time of randomization to the earlier of death or 48 hours after extubation
48 hours post extubation up to 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants With Lip Ulcers
Time Frame: 48 hours post extubation up to 3 months
Presence of lip ulcer
48 hours post extubation up to 3 months
Number of Participants With Facial Skin Tear
Time Frame: 48 hours post extubation up to 3 months
presence of facial skin tear
48 hours post extubation up to 3 months
Number of Participants With Ett Dislodgement
Time Frame: duration of intubation up to 3 months
frequency of ett dislodgement
duration of intubation up to 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Janna Landsperger, ACNP, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 17, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 14, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 26, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 28, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

November 30, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 10, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 8, 2019

Last Verified

July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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