Chest Tube Drainage of Transudative Pleural Effusions Hastens Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Chest Tube Drainage of Transudative Pleural Effusions Hastens Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01104285
• Other study ID #: 10/03/VA02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 14, 2010
• Last updated: April 18, 2012
• Start date: March 2010
• Est. completion date: April 2010

Study information

• Verified date: April 2012
• Source: Maimonides Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether chest tubes to drain transudative pleural effusions helps patients come off mechanical ventilation earlier.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 198
• Est. completion date: April 2010
• Est. primary completion date: April 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with transudative pleural effusion and requiring mechanical ventilation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with coagulopathy

Study Design

Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hydrothorax
• Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation
• Pleural Effusion

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maimonides Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Total Days of Mechanical Ventilatory Support		days	No