A Study to Evaluate Routine Chest Tube Management After Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery
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Official title
Study to Evaluate a Low Suction (LS) Versus Standard Suction (SS) Strategy for Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Lung Resection by VATS or Robotic Approach
Brief summary
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Chest tubes are routinely required after surgical procedures for lung cancer. This device is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the chest wall to remove air or fluid from around your lungs after surgery for lung cancer. There are two general strategies associated with the clinical management of chest tubes, active and passive suction. If suction is compared to driving a car, active suction is similar to pressing the gas pedal while passive suction is like letting your car move on its own. The suction approach taken by surgeons largely depends on how they were trained and some personal biases and beliefs. However there is no general consensus about which chest tube management strategy is best. This research aims to compare two settings on a digital drainage system, a low suction (LS) mode - passive suction - and standard suction (ss) mode - active suction. From the data collected, the researchers will analyze whether LS or SS will lead to a better recovery after surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04913415
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Allegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)
- Other
- Enrollment
- 160 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Low Suction Strategy of Chest Tube Management Other
- Standard Suction Strategy of Chest Tube Management Other
Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 22, 2021
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2024
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2024
- Last update posted
- Apr 24, 2024
2021 – 2024
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15212 | — |
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