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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN37304337
ISRCTN37304337
Completed
N/A

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

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust0 sites267 target enrollmentJanuary 11, 2018

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Enrollment
267
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

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)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 11, 2018
End Date
December 20, 2019
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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