Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02354118
Maintaining Patency in Implanted Port Catheters
Maintaining Patency in Implanted Port Catheters With Saline Only Flushes
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 436 (actual)
- Sponsor
- TriHealth Inc. · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the safest and most effective flushing solution for maintaining patency (unobstructed flow) in implanted port catheters. The complication rate in patients whose ports are flushed with saline only will be compared to the complication rate in patients whose ports are flushed with a combination of saline and heparinized saline.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study is to determine the safest and most effective flushing solution for maintaining patency (unobstructed flow) in implanted port catheters. The complication rate in patients whose ports are flushed with saline only will be compared to the complication rate in patients whose ports are flushed with a combination of saline and heparinized saline. These complications include partial or complete obstruction, infection of the central line, and/or the onset of heparin induced thrombocytopenia.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Heparinized saline catheter flush | The control group will have their port catheters flushed with 20mL saline + 5mL heparin 100 units/mL; q 3 months |
| OTHER | Saline-only catheter flush | The intervention group will have their port catheters flushed with saline only. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-12-11
- Completion
- 2021-12-17
- First posted
- 2015-02-03
- Last updated
- 2022-10-12
- Results posted
- 2022-09-14
Locations
8 sites across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02354118. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.