U.S., March 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06867458) titled 'Steriwave ICU Pilot Study' on March 01.
Brief Summary: This is a single-center, non-blinded, prospective, pilot study enrolling patients admitted to the critical care unit at Royal Columbian Hospital. This study investigates the effects of universal nasal decolonization using antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) on the prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP), and hospital-acquired bloodstream infection (BSI) in this patient population.
Main Objectives include:
* To determine whether a large, multi-center RCT of this protocol is feasible
* To determine baseline rates of VAP, HAP, ...