NCT01638702

Study of Complication Rates Associated With PICC for Left vs Right

Assessment of Impact of Choice of Arm for Access on Rate of Complications in Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 203 (actual)
• Sponsor: Richard Lindsay · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) are catheters that are placed mainly in the arms, but which pass in the veins to beside the heart. They are associated with occasional complications due to infection or blockage of the vein that they are in. The investigators want to investigate whether PICCs in the right arm have lower complications than those in the left. This difference in complication rates has been noticed in most other forms of central venous access.

Conditions

• Bacterial Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Follow up of complications	Follow up for complications leading or not to removal (occlusion, accidental removal, infection, catheter related thrombosis, leaking, pain...)

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2012-07-12
• Last updated: 2016-03-16

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada