Antibiotics fail to show benefit for ventilator lung infection in terminated trial

NCT ID NCT03012360

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether giving antibiotics to ICU patients with a lung infection caused by a breathing tube (ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis) could stop it from turning into pneumonia. About 100 critically ill adults on ventilators took part. The trial was stopped early, and the results did not clearly show that antibiotics helped prevent pneumonia.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Critical Illness

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU

    Lille, France