NCT03704870

Outcomes Following Omission of Daily Routine Chest Radiographs Following Pulmonary Resection

A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study Looking at Differences in Hospital Stay Variables Following Omission of Daily Routine Chest Radiographs After Pulmonary Resection.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Currently, it is the standard of care practice to perform daily routine CXR when a chest tube is in situ following pulmonary resection. However, previous research as well as experience of thoracic surgeons suggested this kind of management has poor diagnostic and therapeutic value. Eliminating daily routine CXR for adult patients having undergone pulmonary surgery might decrease the frequency of radiation exposure and hospitalization costs per patient without increasing reintervention rates, length of hospital stays, readmission rates or any adverse events.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Cancer, Nonsmall Cell
• Surgery
• Lung Adenocarcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Chest Xray	Daily chest xray
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	No daily chest xray	Chest xray will be done post chest tube removal only

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-26
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2020-03-31
• First posted: 2018-10-15
• Last updated: 2020-05-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada