Can a drug combo heal breathing tube damage to the voice box?
NCT ID NCT03250975
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tracks how often people get voice box injuries after having a breathing tube for 1 to 7 days in the ICU. It also tests whether a 14-day course of budesonide and azithromycin can help heal those injuries and improve breathing. About 64 adults who had a breathing tube will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- budesonide and azithromycin
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a treatment to speed healing of voice box injuries from breathing tubes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 64 participants, so results may not apply widely. The drugs may not improve symptoms.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. English-speaking 2. Greater than 24 hours and less than 7 days of intubation in the intensive care unit Exclusion Criteria: 1. Age under 18 years on admission 2. Patients with anticipated discharge 5 days after extubation 3. Patients who are dependent for activities of daily living (ADLs) in the 30 days prior to admission 4. Patients unable to consent 5. Patients with neck trauma 6. Patients with head and neck malignancies 7. Patients with pre-existing laryngeal or tracheal stenosis 8. Patients with other pre-existing respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, neuromuscular dystrophies, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis 9. Patients who had been previously intubated for an extended period of time 10. Patients who are pregnant or currently breastfeeding 11. Patients with allergies to study medications 12. Patients with a resting heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute 13. Patients with a prolonged corrected QT (QTc) interval (\>450 msec) or the use of medications that prolong the QTc interval or are associated with Torsades de pointes (with the exception of amiodarone)24 14. Patients with severe hearing impairment documented by audiometric testing
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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