NCT04913415

A Study to Evaluate Routine Chest Tube Management After Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery

Study to Evaluate a Low Suction (LS) Versus Standard Suction (SS) Strategy for Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Lung Resection by VATS or Robotic Approach

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Allegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chest tubes are routinely required after surgical procedures for lung cancer. This device is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the chest wall to remove air or fluid from around your lungs after surgery for lung cancer. There are two general strategies associated with the clinical management of chest tubes, active and passive suction. If suction is compared to driving a car, active suction is similar to pressing the gas pedal while passive suction is like letting your car move on its own. The suction approach taken by surgeons largely depends on how they were trained and some personal biases and beliefs. However there is no general consensus about which chest tube management strategy is best. This research aims to compare two settings on a digital drainage system, a low suction (LS) mode - passive suction - and standard suction (ss) mode - active suction. From the data collected, the researchers will analyze whether LS or SS will lead to a better recovery after surgery.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Low Suction Strategy of Chest Tube Management	A digital chest tube will be set to a low pressure mode (-8mmHg) during recovery after minimally invasive lung resection.
OTHER	Standard Suction Strategy of Chest Tube Management	A digital chest tube will be to the standard suction mode (-20mmHg) during recovery after minimally invasive lung resection.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-23
• Primary completion: 2024-08-01
• Completion: 2024-08-01
• First posted: 2021-06-04
• Last updated: 2024-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States