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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01134237
Date of registration: 27/05/2010
Primary sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Public title: Intrapleural Urokinase for Retained Hemothorax NTUH
Scientific title: Intrapleural Thrombolytic Treatment With Urokinase for Retained Hemothorax: A Prospective Double-blinded Randomized Multicenter Study
Date of first enrolment: May 2010
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01134237
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:   Chin-Chih Chang, MD
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Affiliation:  National Taiwan University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Retained hemothorax: it is defined as chest X-ray revealing obvious blood clot in
pleural cavity after tube thoracostomy drainage for 3 days. The chest tubes are in
good location and have no obstruction. The physician thinks the blood clot is
difficult to drain.

2. Age: full 18 year-old

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnancy

2. Active bleeding

3. Coagulopathy, e.g. congenital or acquired coagulation abnormality, platelet count
less than 100,000 /µL, international normalized ratio (INR) more than 1.5, or partial
thromboplastin time, PTT, more than 50 seconds after treatment.

4. Cerebrovascular accident within 30 days

5. History of intracranial tumor or vascular abnormality

6. Have received thoracic surgery

7. Have received pleurodesis

8. Wish to receive thoracoscopic surgery for hematoma evacuation directly

9. Allergy to urokinase

10. Sepsis

11. Shock

12. People who are less than 18 years of age, prisoners, aborigines.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Retained Hemothorax
Intervention(s)
Drug: placebo
Drug: urokinase
Primary Outcome(s)
non-surgical rate [Time Frame: about 5 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
200908047M
NTUH. 99-N1457
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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