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Maintaining Patency in Implanted Port Catheters

NCT02354118 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 436

Last updated 2022-10-12

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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.

Conditions

  • Obstruction; Catheter, Infusion Catheter (Vascular)
  • Catheter; Complications (Indwelling Catheter)

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TriHealth Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah Pelgen, BSN, RN, OCN · TriHealth Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2021-12-11
Completion
2021-12-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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