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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03021369
Date of registration: 08/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Kerckhoff Klinik
Public title: Comparison of Two Different Pleural Drainage Systems
Scientific title: Vergleich Zweier Thoraxdrainage-Systeme in Der Herzchirurgie
Date of first enrolment: September 2016
Target sample size: 374
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03021369
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

- capability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- no specific exclusion criteria



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Air Leak From Lung
Intervention(s)
Device: Pleural drainage system
Primary Outcome(s)
Detection of air leak due to lung leakage or injury during surgery by the pleural drainage system. [Time Frame: Occurrence of air leak is until the drain is removed (usually postoperative day 2 or 3)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time of chest drain removal [Time Frame: Number of days until the chest drains are removed (usually postoperative day 2 or 3, depending on air leak and amount of fluid).]
Number of patients with pleural effusion at discharge echo, without intervention [Time Frame: Occurrence through hospital stay (an average of 1 week).]
Number of patients with pericardial tamponade that has to be treated by puncture or surgically [Time Frame: Occurrence through hospital stay (an average of 1 week).]
Fluid amount [Time Frame: Total amount of fluid at the time of chest drain removal (usually postoperative day 2 or 3, depending on air leak and amount of fluid).]
Secondary ID(s)
Medela1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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