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| Name | Class |
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| Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano | OTHER |
| Istituto Clinico Humanitas | OTHER |
| European Institute of Oncology | OTHER |
| Regina Elena Cancer Institute |
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The purpose of this study is to explore whether the addition of Hemopatch to standard care can reduce prolonged air leaks and shorten the use of air drainage tube after surgery in thoracic lung surgery patients at high risk for prolonged air leaks.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| standard treatment | Active Comparator | standard techniques to achieve air leak control after complex thoracic surgical procedures |
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| standard treatment plus hemopatch | Experimental | the addition of hemopatch to standard techniques to achieve air leak control after complex thoracic surgical procedures |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| standard techniques used to achieve air leak control | Device |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| number of days from time of extubation to time of drainage tube removal | up to 7 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| number of days to end of air leak | air leak measure are recorded every 6 hours | up to 7 days |
| worst grade toxicity per patient | according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0 |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Age ≥18 years
High risk of prolonged air leak due to at least one of the following reasons:
Candidate to one of the following major thoracic surgical intervention:
Written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCSEd | National Cancer Institute, Naples | Principal Investigator |
| Francesco Perrone, MD, PhD | National Cancer Institute, Naples | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Istituto Nazionale Tumori - Fondazione "G.Pascale", IRCCS | Naples | Italy |
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| Baxter Healthcare Corporation | INDUSTRY |
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| Hemopatch |
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| up to 6 weeks |
| change in quality of life | baseline, one week, one month |
| number of days from surgical intervention to patient discharge | up to 2 weeks |