Status:

COMPLETED

Study of Postoperative Chest Tube Management

Lead Sponsor:

Yale University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Medela AG

Conditions:

Lung Resection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

A 2 x 2 randomized study testing active versus passive drainage and regulated versus unregulated pleural pressure in patients undergoing anatomic lung resection

Detailed Description

This study is a prospective, multi-center randomized clinical trial at 6 sites. Pre-operative evaluation and the decision for surgical intervention will proceed as currently performed at each center. ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Able and willing to read, understand, and provide written consent
  • Age 18-90
  • Undergoing a segmentectomy, lobectomy, or bilobectomy (including sleeve resection). Both open and minimally invasive (thoracoscopic or robotic) resections are acceptable

Exclusion

  • Patients unstable enough to require ICU care for hemodynamic or respiratory problems during the first 7 days postoperatively. Patients admitted to the ICU for other reasons (e.g. bed availability, institutional norm, routine monitoring etc.) should NOT be excluded
  • Patients undergoing non-anatomic lung resection only (i.e. wedge resection)
  • Patients undergoing anatomic lung resection for bullous disease, lung abscess or bronchiectasis.
  • Patients undergoing pneumonectomy or completion pneumonectomy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 18 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

600 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02282462

Start Date

December 1 2014

End Date

December 18 2017

Last Update

June 26 2020

Active Locations (5)

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1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519

2

WellStar Health System - Kennestone

Marietta, Georgia, United States, 30066

3

Beth Israel Deaconess/ Harvard

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

4

Valley Health System

Paramus, New Jersey, United States, 07653