Dexamethasone for severe lung failure from infections on ventilators
Treatments studied
Part of Infections, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial studies whether dexamethasone (a steroid medicine) improves outcomes in adults who have sudden, severe breathing failure caused by an infection while they are on a breathing machine. It may help reduce inflammation in the lungs during critical illness.
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Who can take part
- You are age 18 or older.
- You are currently intubated and on a mechanical ventilator (a breathing machine).
- Your breathing failure started recently and is severe (based on blood oxygen levels over a certain threshold for several hours).
- Your breathing problem is being caused by a lung or whole-body infection.
- You can take corticosteroids (or you do not have a known medical reason you cannot take them).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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