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Ballooned Intercostal Drain Trial

NCT03000504 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 178

Last updated 2018-05-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is designed to assess whether a new type of chest drain reduces the number of drains that fall out of or are accidentally removed from the chest cavity (usually requiring another drain to be inserted), without causing any increase in discomfort or other side-effects.

Conditions

  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pneumothorax

Interventions

DEVICE

Ballooned intercostal drain

Patients will have a Rocket Medical 16F ballooned intercostal drain inserted as per usual clinical guidelines. No other change to treatment will be made, and the drain is inserted in exactly the same way as a standard drain, using the Seldinger technique.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Samuel V Kemp, MBBS, MD · Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-07
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-07-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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