A randomised controlled trial of the use of a dedicated ballooned intercostal drai

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Intercostal drain; Respiratory

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37304337
• Lead Sponsor: Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2020 Abstract results in https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.5126 (added 04/03/2022) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34949702/ (added 28/02/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-01-11
• Study Completion: 2019-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 11 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 267

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18 years or over
2. Able to give written informed consent
3. Requiring intercostal tube drainage for clinical reasons

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to provide written informed consent
2. Requiring a large bore drain according to local PI or delegated person’s clinical judgement
3. Frank haemothorax (requiring a large bore chest drain in view of the local PI or delegated person)
4. Pleural space (known prior to intervention) to be too small to place either standard or interventional drain according to local PI or delegated person
5. Drain planned to be in situ for less than 24 hours
6. Any contraindication to chest drain insertion (such as uncorrected clotting abnormality)
7. Any patient in acute pain or with an emergency presentation where consideration of the study would inappropriately delay patient care

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified