Clinical trial · Interventional
Outcomes Following Omission of Daily Routine Chest Radiographs Following Pulmonary Resection
A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study Looking at Differences in Hospital Stay Variables Following Omission of Daily Routine Chest Radiographs After Pulmonary Resection.
- 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)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
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 Adenocarcinoma | Lung Adenocarcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Lung Cancer, Nonsmall Cell | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.85 |
| Lung Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chest Xray | Diagnostic Test | — | UNRESOLVED |
| No daily chest xray | Diagnostic Test | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Daily Chest Xray (standard)
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: Chest Xray
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Chest Xray post chest tube removal only
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: No daily chest xray
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Number of total chest xrays performed per subject
- timeFrame
- 30 days
- description
- number of scheduled and additional chest xrays, and how does this correlate with post operative safety
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
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.
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