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Discharged With Indwelling Chest Tube and Valve

NCT03943511 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2025-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is a multicenter, randomized trial for the treatment of subjects discharging from the hospital with a chest tube and valve in place. Subjects will be randomized to receive oral antibiotics and close monitoring, defined as twice weekly telephone calls by a member of the care team, of their chest tube and valve or standard of care, defined as no calls from the care team but waiting for the subject to contact the care team when the air leak has stopped.

Conditions

  • Prolonged Air Leak

Interventions

OTHER

Oral Antibiotics-Close Monitoring

To receive oral antibiotics and close monitoring, defined as twice weekly telephone calls by a member of the care team, of their chest tube and valve.

OTHER

Standard of Care

No calls from the care team but waiting for the subject to contact the care team when the air leak has stopped.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • K. Robert Shen, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-07
Primary Completion
2023-11-20
Completion
2023-11-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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