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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01343680
Date of registration: 27/04/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Alberta Children's Hospital
Public title: Trial of Two Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Flushing Schemes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients
Scientific title: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial of Two Different Central Venous Catheter Flushing Schemes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients in Alberta, Canada
Date of first enrolment: April 2011
Target sample size: 2
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01343680
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Martin A Campbell, MBBS FRACP
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Affiliation:  Alberta Children's Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

- Diagnosis of any malignant or nonmalignant disease that requires a single lumen
Broviac or double lumen Hickman-type CVC for the purpose of chemotherapy, blood
product support or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

- CVC is planned to remain in situ for 6 months from study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

- Thrombophilia (e.g. Factor V Leiden mutation, antiphospholipid syndrome) or previous
thrombosis requiring anticoagulation (e.g. enoxaparin, unfractionated heparin)

- Bleeding disorder (e.g. von Willebrand's disease, hemophilia)

- Previous CVC that was removed due to any complication



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Childhood Cancer
Aplastic Anemia
Metabolic Disorders
Intervention(s)
Drug: Normal saline
Drug: Heparin
Primary Outcome(s)
Occlusion rate [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Complication rate [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ACH23736
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Stollery Children's Hospital
Ethics review
Results
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