Trial Outcomes & Findings for Chest Tube Drainage of Transudative Pleural Effusions Hastens Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation (NCT NCT01104285)

Last Updated: 2012-05-23

Results Overview

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

198 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

days

Results posted on

2012-05-23

Participant milestones
Measure	Standard Care Treatment of pleural effusion with diuresis	Chest Tube Treatment of pleural effusion with diuresis and chest tube
Overall Study STARTED	112	86
Overall Study COMPLETED	112	86
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	0	0

Withdrawal data not reported

Chest Tube Drainage of Transudative Pleural Effusions Hastens Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Standard Care n=112 Participants Treatment of pleural effusion with diuresis	Chest Tube n=86 Participants Treatment of pleural effusion with diuresis and chest tube	Total n=198 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	17 Participants n=5 Participants	10 Participants n=7 Participants	27 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	95 Participants n=5 Participants	76 Participants n=7 Participants	171 Participants n=5 Participants
Age Continuous	78 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 9 • n=5 Participants	77 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 11 • n=7 Participants	78 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 9 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	71 Participants n=5 Participants	53 Participants n=7 Participants	124 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	41 Participants n=5 Participants	33 Participants n=7 Participants	74 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	112 participants n=5 Participants	86 participants n=7 Participants	198 participants n=5 Participants

Timeframe: days

Outcome measures
Measure	Standard Care n=112 Participants Treatment of pleural effusion with diuresis	Chest Tube n=86 Participants Treatment of pleural effusion with diuresis and chest tube
Total Days of Mechanical Ventilatory Support	6.51 days Standard Deviation 1.5	4.02 days Standard Deviation 3.9

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Adverse event data not reported

Adverse event data not reported

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