Effect of Additional Nebulized Amikacin in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Gram Negative Bacteria

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the cure rate from ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by Gram negative bacteria when administering add on nebulized amikacin to intravenous antibiotics compared to intravenous antibiotics alone.

Timeline

Start

2015-07

Primary completion

2018-04

Completion

2018-04

Publications

• Results Czosnowski QA, Wood GC, Magnotti LJ, Croce MA, Swanson JM, Boucher BA, Fabian TC. Adjunctive aerosolized antibiotics for treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Pharmacotherapy. 2009 Sep;29(9):1054-60. doi: 10.1592/phco.29.9.1054.
• Results Ghannam DE, Rodriguez GH, Raad II, Safdar A. Inhaled aminoglycosides in cancer patients with ventilator-associated Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia: safety and feasibility in the era of escalating drug resistance. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;28(3):253-9. doi: 10.1007/s10096-008-0620-5. Epub 2008 Aug 28.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.