Prospective observational study on infecitious adverse events in patients with central venous catheter and port system.
- Conditions
- Malignant tumor
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000003664
- Lead Sponsor
- Iwate Medical University
- Brief Summary
Fifty-nine patients were enrolled in this study and 60 central venous ports (CVPs) were implanted. Thirty-six (61%) patients had head and neck malignancies. Access route was subclavian vein in 43 (71.7%) CVPs and forearm vein in 17 (28.3%). CVP-related infection was observed in three (5.1%) patients: port-pocket infection in one and probable CVP-related infection in two patients, respectively. No definitive CVP-related blood-stream infection was observed. Before the placement of CVP, colonization at the insertion site was observed in 10 subclavian CVP patients while no colonization was observed in the forearm CVP patients. At 1 and 4 weeks, detection rates of colonization were also higher in subclavian CVP patients. No definitive relationship was demonstrated between skin colonization and clinical development of CVP-related infection.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Not provided
(1) Preexisting central venous port. (2) Active inflammatory disease. (3) Uncontrollable comorbid diseases. (4) Contraindication judged by responsible physicians.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of the CV-port-related infection at 3 months after implantation of the system.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method