NCT00728819

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Thrombosis: Reverse Taper Versus Non-tapered Catheters

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 339 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two different marketed PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) designs. Clotting rates, procedural bleeding and ease of catheter insertion will be compared. It is hypothesized that the non-tapered design has a lower clotting rate and is easier to place than the tapered design. Bleeding rates are expected to be about the same.

Conditions

• Venous Thrombosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Tapered PICC	Standard peripheral central catheter placement in the Brachial, Basilic or Cephalic veins
DEVICE	Non-tapered PICC	Standard peripheral central catheter placement in the Brachial, Basilic or Cephalic veins

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2008-08-06
• Last updated: 2018-04-27
• Results posted: 2018-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States