Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT01177215
Investigation of an Adaptive Treatment Algorithm for Post-op Thoracic Patients to Reduce the Length of Drainage
Implementation of an Adaptive Algorithm to Improve Chest Tube Therapy in Patients With Pulmonary Leaks Following Thoracic Surgery
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 39 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Medela AG · Industry
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to reduce the length of drainage using a treatment protocol to control the manipulation of the applied vacuum to the pleural cavity.
Detailed description
In this prospective study, a treatment algorithm is tested in a subgroup of patients with postoperative pulmo-pleural fistula. The primary aim is to reduce the duration of pulmo-pleural fistulation. Secondary aim is to reduce the duration of chest tube therapy.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Thoracic Surgery | Wedge Resection Segmental Resection Lobectomy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-11-01
- Completion
- 2012-11-01
- First posted
- 2010-08-06
- Last updated
- 2013-05-07
Locations
4 sites across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01177215. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.