Why in Hospital After VATS Lobectomy

Completed

• Conditions: Pain, Postoperative; Air Leakage; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting; Infection; Atrial Fibrillation
• Interventions: Other: Prolong in-hospital stay

• Registration Number: NCT04294108
• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Brief Summary

The study aims to identify specific or potential reasons that prolong the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

The hypothesis is that patients who are still in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy are associated with prolonged air leak, infection, pneumonia, atrial fibrillation or other complications or social factors.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-29
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-03
• Study Start: 2020-04-20
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-18
• Study Completion: 2021-09-18
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients referred to elective VATS lobectomy
• Speaks and understands Danish
• Informed consent obtained

Exclusion Criteria

•Age < 18 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients underwent VATS lobectomy	Prolong in-hospital stay	All consecutive patients scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Length of postoperative hospital stay	Through study completion, an average of 2 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numeric rating scale for postoperative pain in hospitalization	Through study completion, an average of 2 days	Patients are scored using a numeric rating scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (excruciating pain) per day.
Drainage duration	Duration from postoperative chest tube placement to potential removal, an average of 2 days	The criteria of drain removal is that air leak was consistently below 20 ml/min for at least 12 hours and fluid production was non-bloody and non-chylous without an upper volume limit.
Number and frequency of postoperative complications	Up to 30 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rigshospitalet; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark