Clinical trial · Interventional
Objective and Subjective Outcomes of an Electronic Chest Drainage System
Objective and Subjective Outcomes of an Electronic Chest Drainage System Versus Traditional Devices: a Randomized Comparison
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study is designed to compare the Thopaz chest tube drainage system to the traditional collection chamber system. The Thopaz system is already in clinical use in the United States and throughout the world. As such, this study is not evaluating safety or efficacy of this system both of which have already been demonstrated. This study's primary aim is to determine whether the use of a digital chest drainage system compared with a traditional system affects duration of chest drainage and length of hospital stay. Furthermore, we aim to determine whether the use of a digital chest drainage system compared with a traditional system increases the total distance of ambulation in the first 48 hours after thoracic surgery and affects overall patient satisfaction in the peri-operative period. Finally, we want to determine whether the aforementioned outcomes relative to the chest tube drainage systems differ in different parts of the world.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| electronic chest drainage system | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Electronic system
- description
- patients managed with an electronic chest drainage system
- interventionNames
- Device: electronic chest drainage system
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- traditional system
- description
- patients managed with a traditional analogue chest drainage system
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Duration of chest tubes
- timeFrame
- date of chest tube removal
Secondary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 90 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Able and willing to read, understand, and provide written Informed Consent 2. Age range of 18-90 years 3. Patients undergoing a segmentectomy, lobectomy, or bilobectomy. Both open and minimally invasive (thoracoscopic or robotic) resections are acceptable. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients unstable enough to require ICU care upon completion of the resection 2. Redo thoracotomies
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDPompili C, Detterbeck F, Papagiannopoulos K, Sihoe A, Vachlas K, Maxfield MW, Lim HC, Brunelli A. Multicenter international randomized comparison of objective and subjective outcomes between electronic and traditional chest drainage systems. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Aug;98(2):490-6; discussion 496-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.043. Epub 2014 Jun 4. PMID 24906602