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Study of Peripherally Inserted Venous Catheters in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03674216

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Official title

Prospective Study of Peripherally Inserted Venous Catheters in CF Patients

Brief summary

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According to the U.S. CF Foundation Patient Registry, more than 25% of children and 40% of adults were treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics for flares of lung disease in 2016. Medication for these flares is often delivered through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC). Case series have identified important complications of PICCs in CF patients such as blood clots and infection. The frequency of PICC-associated blood clots in CF patients ranges from 2 to 8%. Catheter-related complications may interfere with completion of therapy and lead to repeated procedures and other complex medical treatments. In some cases PICC complications may discourage patients from accepting future courses of IV antibiotics. Therefore, it is very important to identify patient- and device-related factors that are linked with more frequent complications and to figure out ways to reduce these risks. Proposed risk factors fall into several broad categories. First are catheter-related factors; second are patient factors; and third are catheter-management factors. To date, no multicenter trial has carefully studied PICC complications in a large group of adult and pediatric CF patients from the time each catheter is placed to when it is removed. The main purpose of this study is to see whether the investigators can identify important factors in each of the three categories (patient, catheter, and catheter management) that are linked to various complications.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03674216
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Jonathan B. Zuckerman
Other
Enrollment
260 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
6 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Nov 11, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 29, 2021
Completion
Jun 29, 2021
Last update posted
Apr 10, 2022

2018 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Maine Medical Center Portland Maine 040102

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