Traumatic Hemothorax Drainage and Daily Lavage: Pilot Study

University of Pennsylvania20 enrolled

Overview

This HTX treatment study evaluates the effects of chest tube size and the benefits of daily irrigations on acute HTX. 20 acutely injured but stable trauma patients requiring a chest tube for HTX will be enrolled. Patients will be assigned a 28Fr or 14 Fr chest tube with serial lavage and drainage. The endpoints will be HTX volume (by CT scan), complications, additional interventions, hospital length of stay, chest tube duration, provider feedback, and patient-reported outcomes.

This hemothorax (HTX) treatment study will evaluate the effects of chest tube size and daily lavage on HTX management outcomes. A total of 20 stable trauma patients requiring a chest tube for HTX will be recruited and consented. These patients will then undergo either 28Fr or 14Fr chest tube placement, depending on the preference of the treatment team at the time of placement. The study will include 10 patients with each type of chest tube (28Fr and 14Fr). Daily lavage will then be performed at 24h and 48h post-placement. Patients will be compared to historical control patients from the trauma registry who received either 28Fr or 14Fr chest tube placement followed by an initial lavage only. The primary endpoint will be the need for additional interventions such as tPA, additional chest tubes, thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), or thoracotomy. Secondary endpoints will include X-ray appearance at 72 hours, volume of HTX on CT at 72 hours, procedural complications, development of empyema (safety endpoint), development of delayed bleeding (safety endpoint), hospital length of stay, chest tube duration, provider feedback, and patient-reported outcomes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hemothorax; Traumatic

Interventions

CLR IrrigatorDEVICE

All enrolled patients will have their hemothorax treated with a CLR device that allows for easy suction and irrigation through indwelling catheters,

Serial Lavage and DrainagePROCEDURE

The current protocol is to do a singular lavage and drainage, this study will investigate the benefits of daily lavage.

28 Fr Open Chest TubeDEVICE

Patients will have a standard 28 Fr open chest tube or a percutaneous 14Fr chest tube placed.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Able to provide consent for the research study 2. More than 15 years of age 3. Presence of acute traumatic HTX or HTX-PTX diagnosed on chest CT scan within 24 hours of injury and clinical indication for drainage (hemothorax of moderate or large size greater then 300 mL) 4. Hemodynamic stability (heart rate 120 beats per minute; systolic blood pressure 90 mmHg) 5. Bilateral or unilateral hemothorax of greater than 300 mL HTX by Mergo Formula from chest CT 6. Able to complete the entire study including randomization, tube placement, lavages and final CT Scan. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Less than 15 years of Age 2. Prisoner 3. Pregnant due to the risk of CT scans 4. HTX or HTX-PTX not requiring drainage or drainage performed prior to randomization/enrollment 5. Patients undergoing operative intervention (i.e. thoracotomy) as initial management of hemothorax (6) Persistent hemodynamic instability after initial resuscitation and CT imaging

Locations (1)

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Remaining Hemothorax Volume at 72 hours

Assessed by CT and Mergo Formula

Time frame: 72 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Number of patients requiring intervention for retained hemothorax (excluding those who require intervention for other treatment)

All interventions focused on resolving any remaining hemothorax

Time frame: Through hospital discharge or 30 days

Patient Tolerability - Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) Perception Experience (IPE)

Patient perception of the drainage and lavage procedure. Did this Drainage and Lavage procedure resolve, lessen or worsen the patient's symptoms?

Time frame: 1 hour, 24 hours, 48 hours

Patient Tolerability - Insertion Perception Experience (IPE) Perception Experience (IPE)

Patient perception of the chest tube insertion procedure. 1. = It was okay, I can tolerate it, I can do it again. 2. = It was okay, but I don't want to go through this again. 3. = It was a bad experience for me. 4. = It was a worse experience for me. 5. = It was the worst experience of my life!

Time frame: 1 hour

Ease of CLR System Use - Industry-Standard System Usability Scale (SUS)

By physician who used the CLR Irrigator System. 5-point Likert scale from strongly disagree (low) to strongly agree (high).

Time frame: 1 hour, 24 hours, 48 hours

Chest Tube Placement Duration

Length of time the chest tube remained in the patient

Time frame: Through discharge or 30 days

Length of hospital stay

Central Contacts

Jeremy W Cannon, MD

CONTACT

215-66-27320 jeremy.cannon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Phillp Kemp Bohan, MD

CONTACT

267-909-3573 Phillip.Kempbohn@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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