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Comparison between Indwelling tunnelled catheter v/s Pig-tail catheter placement for management of Malignant Ascites

Phase 4
Conditions
Health Condition 1: C15-C26- Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/10/058312
Lead Sponsor
Basavatarakam IndoAmerican Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

ECOG STATUS 3 OR LESS

-ALL PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE REPEATED TAPPINGS

Exclusion Criteria

-PATIENTS WITH LOCULATED ASCITES

-PATIENTS WHO REFUSED TO GIVE CONSENT

- Patients with deranged coagulation parameters (INR >2) or platelet counts less than 50000/mm3

- Actively dying terminally ill patient.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
-Ease of Drainage on Likert scale(1-5) <br/ ><br>-Pericatheter leak incidence comparsion in both catheter placements <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 2ND DAY AFTER INTERVENTION <br/ ><br>7TH DAY AFTER INTERVENTIO
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
-Catheter dislodgement <br/ ><br>-Catheter site Infection rate between indwelling tunnelled catheter and pigtail catheter placement <br/ ><br>-Patient satisfaction after catheter placement on Likert scale(1-5) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 2ND DAY AFTER INTERVENTION <br/ ><br>7TH DAY AFTER INTERVENTIO
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