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NCT Number: NCT03723187

Study of Standard Maintenance Method of Intravenous Port and Post-operation Pain Analysis

Investigators deconstructed the port that removed from patients and identified there were structural weakness, old blood clot and fibrin deposits. Investigators consider the problem may be exist in maintenance. After thoroughly examination the maintenance protocol, Investigators identified the problem and try to remodel the maintenance protocol. The Goal of this study was to testify the clinical value of standard maintenance protocol.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Neoplasms

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan

About this study

A secure and easily feasible vascular access is crucial for oncology patients because of the therapeutic need. Although intravenous port has been utilized for 3 decades, catheter-related complication still remain and had to deal with. According to investigators clinical experience, investigators summarized a standard algorithm as a recommendation for intravenous sport implantation. The complication before and after standard algorithm was 20 % and 3.5 %, respectively. However, catheter related infection and malfunction still could not be avoided. If patient was identified with these 2 complications, re-intervention is needed and cancer-related therapy has to be postpone. Investigators deconstructed the port that removed from patients and identified there were structural weakness, old blood clot and fibrin deposits. Investigators consider the problem may be exist in maintenance. After thoroughly examination the maintenance protocol, investigators identified the problem and try to remodel the maintenance protocol. The Goal of this study was to testify the clinical value of standard maintenance protocol.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Volunteer with new Port-A inserted

Exclusion criteria

  • No

Treatment and study plan

Normal Saline

Other

experimental group use normal saline sealing tube

normal saline+heparin

Other

normal saline+heparin(Currently, Regular used in hospital)

Primary outcomes

  1. Port- A Catheter complication

    Time frame: 1 year

    In the case of catheter-related complications, a complete biochemical and blood test will be performed on the patient.

    Will be tested for possible clotting factors, inflammatory index including CRP; procalcitonin; CBC / DC; PT / aPTT /Protein C/ protein S

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 29, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 25, 2023

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