Clinical trials: Drains
External Ventricular Drain
A Review of External Ventricular Drain Placement at the Bedside Versus Operating Room
External ventricular drain (EVD) placement is a common neurosurgical procedure and provides a way to monitor intracranial pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT06139289
- Testing
- EVD placements in the OR versus the bedside.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Methodist Health System
Seroma
Arista for ALT Donor Sites to Reduce Drain Output
This is a single-blinded multi-institutional randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Arista hemostatic matrix powder (Arista® AH, C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Trial name
- NCT02477774
- Testing
- ARISTA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Primary Condition: Pain, Postoperative, Associated Conditions: Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Thoracic Surgery
KinesioTaping for Thoracic Drain Support
This study investigates the effectiveness of KinesioTaping applied around mediastinal and thoracic drain sites in reducing postoperative pain after cardiac surgery.
- Trial name
- KT-Drain (NCT07098962)
- Testing
- Kinesiotaping, paracetamol tramadol
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Kastamonu University
Parotid Neoplasms, Post-operative Complications
Swedish National Parotidectomy Study (SNaPs): Drainless Versus Standard Surgery
The purpose of this study The purpose of this study is to find out if it is safe to perform surgery on the parotid gland (the large salivary gland in front of the ear) without using a wound drain.
- Conditions
- Parotid Neoplasms, Post-operative Complications, Seroma as Procedural Complication
- Trial name
- SNaPs (NCT07620184)
- Testing
- Active wound drainage (Standard of Care), Omission of active wound drain
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University Hospital
Cholecystitis
Predictive Factors of Drain Insertion After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Cohort Study
This study looks at when surgical drains are truly needed after laparoscopic gallbladder removal (laparoscopic cholecystectomy).
- Trial name
- NCT07195643
- Testing
- Drain
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 559 people
- Sponsor
- University of Baghdad
ICH - Intracerebral Hemorrhage, IVH- Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Placing External Ventricular Drains Using Assistive Augmented Reality or Image-Based Localization
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess if EVD placement using augmented reality is non inferior to image-guidance systems for assistance in adult patients needing an EVD for spontaneous ICH with IVH or severe TBI.
- Conditions
- ICH - Intracerebral Hemorrhage, IVH- Intraventricular Hemorrhage, TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- PEARL (NCT07042048)
- Testing
- EVD placement - image-guidance assisted, EVD placement - AR assisted
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- The Cooper Health System
Air Leak From Lung, Post Procedural Persistent Drain Fluid
Silastic Versus Conventional Drain in Thoracic Surgery
In thoracic surgery, it is usual to place apical and basal drains for complete drainage of air and fluid out of the pleural cavity. The routinely used drains are mainly made of plastic.
- Trial name
- SD-CD (NCT03056716)
- Testing
- Silastic vs conventional drain in thoracic surgery
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- T.C. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi