Comparison Between Electronic and Traditional Chest Drainage Systems

NCT ID: NCT03536130

Last Updated: 2019-10-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

382 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-04

Study Completion Date

2020-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study is designed to compare the electronic chest drainage system (Drentech Palm Evo) with the traditional system, both already in use in the clinical practice, in a cohort of patients who received thoracoscopic lobectomy. This study is not evaluating safety or efficacy of these systems.

This study's primary aim is to determine if the use of a digital chest system compared with a traditional system reduce the duration of chest drainage and length of hospital stay. Moreover, the investigators aim to quantify the variability of results regarding the subjective observer evaluation of active air leaks (through the traditional system) compared with the objective data registered by the digital system.

Finally the investigators want to evaluate whether it is possible through the digital device to distinguish an active air leak from a pleural space effect by the evaluation of intrapleural differential pressure and to identify potential predictors of prolonged air leaks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Allocation: randomization 1 to 1 Endpoint classification: efficacy study Masking: Open label Intervention model: parallel assignment Primary purpose: supportive care
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Electronic chest drainage system

Patients in the intervention arm are connected to Drentech Palm Evo with single standard chest tube (28 Ch) immediately after closure of the chest. Patients with digital devices are managed by setting the pump to -20 cmH2O until the morning of postoperative day (POD) 1 and then setting the pump on physiologic mode (0 cmH2O) thereafter.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Electronic chest drainage system

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients in the intervention arm are connected to Drentech Palm Evo with single standard chest tube (28 Ch) immediately after closure of the chest. Patients with digital devices are managed by setting the pump to -20 cmH2O until the morning of postoperative day (POD) 1 and then setting the pump on physiologic mode (0 cmH2O) thereafter. Management of chest tube drainage and decision for chest tube removal will be dictated by clinical signs, symptoms and surgeon preference following standard clinical practice of general thoracic patients

Traditional device

Patients in the no intervention (traditional) arm are connected to traditional drain system with single standard chest tube (28 Ch) immediately after closure of the chest. Patients with traditional devices (requiring connection to wall suction) are managed by applying suction (-20 cmH2O) until the morning of POD 1 and are subsequently disconnected from suction thereafter.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Electronic chest drainage system

Patients in the intervention arm are connected to Drentech Palm Evo with single standard chest tube (28 Ch) immediately after closure of the chest. Patients with digital devices are managed by setting the pump to -20 cmH2O until the morning of postoperative day (POD) 1 and then setting the pump on physiologic mode (0 cmH2O) thereafter. Management of chest tube drainage and decision for chest tube removal will be dictated by clinical signs, symptoms and surgeon preference following standard clinical practice of general thoracic patients

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Able and willing to read, understand and provide written informed consent
* Patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy
* Age 18 - 80 years
* Gender: both
* Estimated life expectancy of at least 6 months.
* Tumour considered potentially resectable by R0 surgery
* Adequate respiratory function for surgery.
* Must have signed and dated an informed consent form (ICF), before performance of any study-specific procedures or tests. Subjects must be fully informed about their illness and the investigational nature of the study protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients requiring ICU care with mechanical ventilation
* Patients needing reintervention during postoperative care
* Patients requiring a thoracotomy
* Tumour considered potentially resectable by incomplete surgical resection with microscopic residual disease (R1) or gross residual disease (R2).
* Evidence of extra-thoracic disease.
* Major thoracic surgical procedure before enrolment.
* Any other significant co-morbid condition that, in opinion of the investigator, would impair study participation or cooperation.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vito Fazzi Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Monaldi Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital Padova

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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PROF. GIUSEPPE MARULLI

MD, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Giuseppe Marulli, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Thoracic Surgery Unit - University Hospital of Padova

Locations

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Thoracic Surgery Unit, Vito Fazzi Hospital

Lecce, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Thoracic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Italy

Milan, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Thoracic Surgery Unit, Monaldi Hospital

Napoli, , Italy

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Thoracic Surgery Unit - University of Padova

Padua, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Central Contacts

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Giuseppe Marulli, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+39-0498212242

Giovanni Comacchio, MD

Role: CONTACT

+39-0498212242

Facility Contacts

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Gaetano Di Rienzo

Role: primary

Camillo Lopez

Role: backup

Mario Nosotti

Role: primary

Paolo Mendogni

Role: backup

Carlo Curcio

Role: primary

Rosario Salvi

Role: backup

Federico Rea, MD

Role: primary

+39-0498212237

Giuseppe Marulli, MD, PhD

Role: backup

+39-0498212242

References

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Mendogni P, Tosi D, Marulli G, Comacchio GM, Pieropan S, Rossi V, Brascia D, Andriolo LG, Imbriglio G, Bonitta G, Lopez C, Rea F, Nosotti M. Multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing digital and traditional chest drain in a VATS pulmonary lobectomy cohort: interim analysis. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jul 5;16(1):188. doi: 10.1186/s13019-021-01567-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34225743 (View on PubMed)

Marulli G, Comacchio GM, Nosotti M, Rosso L, Mendogni P, Natale G, Andriolo L, Imbriglio G, Larocca V, Brascia D, Rea F. Multicenter randomized study on the comparison between electronic and traditional chest drainage systems. Trials. 2019 Dec 16;20(1):730. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3811-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31842974 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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4013/AO/16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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