Detection of Chlorhexidine in Tracheal Secretions After Routine Oral Care With Chlorhexidine Gluconate

Detection of Chlorhexidine in Tracheal Secretions After Routine Oral Care With Chlorhexidine Gluconate: an Ancillary Study of the DEMETER Trial (NCT02515617)

Recent meta-analysis have suggested that the safety of oral care with chlorhexidine in patients under mechanical ventilation could be questionable. Whatever the hypothetical mechanisms involved (direct cellular toxicity, underdiagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia), presence of chlorhexidine in tracheal secretions after routine oral care is the cornerstone of this potential side effect of the routine oral care with chlorhexidine gluconate. The DEMETER study assessing the medico-economical impact of the subglottic secretions drainage study (NCT02515617) provides the opportunity to perform this proof of concept study (detection of chlorhexidine in tracheal secretions after routine oral care with chlorhexidine gluconate) and to evaluate the impact of the subglottic secretion drainage on this potential detection of chlorhexidine.

This ancillary study will be performed in one of the centers participating to the DEMETER study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age over 18 years
• Invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) delivered via an endotracheal tube and MV required more than 72 hours
• Intubation performed in units in which the specific endotracheal tube allowing the subglottic secretions drainage (SSD) will be available during the SSD period of the trial
• Information delivered

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous inclusion in the study
• Patients moribund at the ICU admission
• Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding woman
• Patient hospitalized without consent and/or deprived of liberty by court's decision
• Patient under guardianship or curators
• Lack of social insurance
• Concomitant inclusion in a trial on VAP prevention
• Patient with no comprehension of the French language