Outcomes Following Omission of Daily Routine Chest Radiographs Following Pulmonary Resection

Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study Looking at Differences in Hospital Stay Variables Following Omission of Daily Routine Chest Radiographs After Pulmonary Resection.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03704870
• Other study ID #: 17-5398
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: January 26, 2018
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2019
• Source: University Health Network, Toronto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Currently, it is the standard of care practice to perform daily routine CXR when a chest tube is in situ following pulmonary resection. However, previous research as well as experience of thoracic surgeons suggested this kind of management has poor diagnostic and therapeutic value. Eliminating daily routine CXR for adult patients having undergone pulmonary surgery might decrease the frequency of radiation exposure and hospitalization costs per patient without increasing reintervention rates, length of hospital stays, readmission rates or any adverse events.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult males or females who plan to receive VATS pulmonary resections confined to lobectomies, segmentectomies and wedge resections.

• Willingness to adhere to randomized treatment.

• Ability to answer self- and interviewer- administered questions in English

• Understand and sign a written informed consent form in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous thoracic surgery history in the same side.

• Exploration, biopsy, lung volume reduction surgeries (LVRS), bilobectomies, sleeve resections or pneumonectomies performed.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adenocarcinoma
• Adenocarcinoma of Lung
• Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
• Lung Adenocarcinoma
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Cancer, Nonsmall Cell
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Neoplasms
• Surgery

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Chest Xray
Daily chest xray
• No daily chest xray
Chest xray will be done post chest tube removal only

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Toronto General Hospital	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Health Network, Toronto

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of total chest xrays performed per subject	number of scheduled and additional chest xrays, and how does this correlate with post operative safety	30 days