Clinical trial · Interventional
ThOracoscopic Wedge Resection Treated With Chest Tube Removal Intraoperatively
Pain and Reasons for Hospitalization in Patients Treated Without Post-operative Chest Tube After Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection - A Randomized Controlled Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Slow accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Chest tubes are used routinely although preliminary studies demonstrate the feasibility and safety of intraoperative chest drain removal. Previous studies are however either retrospective or mainly concerning benign disease. Hypothesis: Participants treated without post-operative chest tube after thoracoscopic wedge resection have less pain, better pulmonary function and similar complication profile than participants treated with standard post-operative chest tube, and could possibly be discharged earlier.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decreased Lung Function | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Delayed Discharge | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative chest tube removal | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Intraoperative sealing test | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard post-operative chest tube | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Chest tube group
- description
- Participants undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection with a positive intraoperative sealing test are treated with a standard post-operative chest tube.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Intraoperative sealing test
- Procedure: Standard post-operative chest tube
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- No chest tube group
- description
- Participants undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection with a positive intraoperative sealing test are treated with intraoperative chest tube removal.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Intraoperative sealing test
- Procedure: Intraoperative chest tube removal
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Elective thoracoscopic wedge resection * Speaks and understands Danish * FEV1 \>= 60% of expected Exclusion Criteria: * Increased risk of air leak evaluated by surgeon (large adhesions, bullae, emphysema, deep resection, etc.) * Increased risk of bleeding evaluated by surgeon (high INR, anticoagulation not paused, large bleeding, etc.) * Air leak on intraoperative sealing test * Patients previously included in study * Planned intraoperative frozen section with possible lobectomy * Previously included in current study * Planned frozen section diagnostics * Previous ipsilateral anatomic lung resection
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