Cancer patients need central venous access according to the different types of chemotherapy and support drugs for their treatment path. The presence of a central vascular access brings mechanical issues, thrombotic and infectious complications that can undermine the patient's health and the life of the catheter, therefore the management of venous accesses is clinically relevant. The prevention of infections remains mainly based on correct hand washing and compliance with aseptic techniques. This is a multicenter intervention study is composed by a single experimental arm (home) and a calibration arm (outpatient). The study is designed to evaluate that the complication rate recorded in the two groups are similar.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
27
After at least an initial outpatient medication (24/72 hours), home medication every 7 days (caregiver) for a total of 10 weeks.
Outpatient medication every week (for a total of 10 weeks). Patients adhering to this arm will be followed at the IGAV nursing clinic of the IFOs.
"Regina Elena" National Cancer Institute
Rome, Italy
Acceptability
To compare the incidence of complications found in peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) management in outpatient (calibration arm) vs home management to test the hypothesis that the incidence of catheter-related complications in the home management group is not higher than that observed in the outpatient group.
Time frame: 10 weeks
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