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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05358158
Other study ID # H-21012837
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 4, 2022
Est. completion date March 17, 2024

Study information

Verified date March 2024
Source Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Chest drain is used routinely after lung surgery. Despite preliminary studies demonstrate the feasibility and safety of intraoperative chest drain removal, these are either retrospective or mainly concerning benign disease. Hypothesis: Participants treated without post-operative chest tube after thoracoscopic wedge resection have less pain, reduced opioid usage without increasing postoperative complications than participants treated with standard post-operative chest tube, and could possibly be discharged earlier.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 94
Est. completion date March 17, 2024
Est. primary completion date March 17, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Age =18 years. - Patients referred for elective three port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery wedge resection of the lung for suspected or confirmed malignant nodules. - first second forced expiratory volume =60% of expected. - No increased bleeding risk (e.g. preoperative international normalized ratio >2, overdue discontinuation of anticoagulants according to guidelines by the Danish Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, known coagulopathy). - Not scheduled for frozen section pathology of wedge resection and subsequent lobectomy. - Able and willing to give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: - Increased risk of post-operative air leak assessed perioperatively by the surgeon (e.g. severe adhesions, bullous/emphysematous lung tissue, defects of the visceral pleura due to iatrogenic or other reasons, suturing in the lung tissue, deep lung resection). - Increased risk of post-operative bleeding assessed perioperatively by the surgeon (e.g. intraoperative bleeding or oozing). - Air leak during intraoperative air leak test.

Study Design


Intervention

Procedure:
Intraoperative air leak test
A standard 28 Fr chest drain is inserted through the anterior port hole with all port holes closed. With the tip of the chest tube below water, the pleura is emptied from air during continuous ventilation of the lungs. An air leak after 5 minutes of ventilation indicates a negative sealing test, whereas a cessation of air leak within 5 minutes indicates a positive sealing test.
Intraoperative chest drain removal
Chest drain is removed intraoperatively.
Standard chest drain placement
Chest drain is left in pleura.

Locations

Country Name City State
Denmark Thomas Decker Christensen Aarhus Aarhus N
Denmark Rigshospitalet Copenhagen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark Aarhus University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (27)

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Park JB, Hwang JJ, Lee WS, Kim YH, Lee SA. Postoperative chest tube placement after thoracoscopic wedge resection of lung for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: is it mandatory? J Thorac Dis. 2018 Aug;10(8):4812-4818. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.07.13. — View Citation

Refai M, Brunelli A, Salati M, Xiume F, Pompili C, Sabbatini A. The impact of chest tube removal on pain and pulmonary function after pulmonary resection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 Apr;41(4):820-2; discussion 823. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr126. Epub 2011 — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Acute Pain Postoperative pain assessed in three different situations (at rest, arms lifted and during cough) by questionnaire at 3 and 6 hours after surgery, and on the morning of postoperative day 1 at 8 a.m Up to postoperative day 1
Primary Rescue analgesics The amount of rescue analgesics given assessed as cumulative amount of morphine during the first 24 hours after surgery milligram equivalents (MME) as defined by pro.medicine.dk hosted by the Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry Up to postoperative day 1
Secondary Pneumothorax Number and size of pneumothorax at 6 hours after surgery in the drain-free group, 2 hours after drain removal in the drain group, and postoperative 2-week for both Up to postoperative 2 weeks
Secondary Complications Surgical and medical complications including mortality Up to postoperative day 30
Secondary Chest drain reinsertion Number and reasons of chest drain reinsertion Up to postoperative day 30
Secondary Length of stay Days in hospital after index surgery Through post-operative discharge, an average of 2 days
Secondary Time to fulfilled discharge criteria Days to meet discharge criteria but stay in hospital Through post-operative discharge, an average of 2 days
Secondary Readmission Number and reasons of readmissions Through post-operative admission, an average of 7 days
Secondary Quality of recovery after surgery Evaluate patients' quality of life by questionnaire before surgery, at the first day after surgery Up to postoperative day 1
Secondary Standard analgesics given Number of patients who did not receive planned postoperative analgesics according to the standards at their institution Up to postoperative 2 weeks
Secondary Persistent pain Postoperative pain assessed in three different situations (at rest, arms lifted and during cough) by questionnaire from postoperative day 2 to 6. Up to postoperative day 6
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