Safety of Catheter Lock With or Without Heparin in Implanted Central Venous Catheters

June 8, 2011 updated by: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Locking of Totally Implanted Venous Access Devices and Tunneled Catheters With or Without Heparin: a Randomised Open-labeled Controlled Trial

Long-term central venous access devices are considered as safe for the administration of medication as chemotherapy, but are also used for blood sampling. For years these catheters have been locked with a heparin solution in order to avoid occlusion. However, no scientific evidence supports heparin locking when the device is not in use. Advanced technology as needleless caps and valved catheters and port reservoirs confirms this trend to use 'saline only' for locking these devices. Therefore the investigators hypothesize is that there will be no difference in proportion of occlusions and catheter related bacteremia in long-term venous access devices locked with 'saline only' versus with heparin.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

1100

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Belgium
    • Vlaams-Brabant
      • Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, 3000
        • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

1 year and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Oncology and hematology patients
  • Life expectancy of minimum of 180 days

Exclusion Criteria:

  • second or femoral long-term central venous access device
  • known allergy to heparin (HIT)
  • coagulation disorders(INR >2, Blood platelets > 1,000,000/mm3)
  • therapeutic intravenous heparin administration

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Normal saline
In the intervention group the use of heparin as locking solution in the catheter lumen (or lumina) when the catheter is not longer in use is omitted. Catheters are locked under positive pressure with normal saline in stead injecting an extra volume of heparinised saline (100IU/ml).
Drug: normal saline
Ten milliliters of normal saline will be injected at the end of the intravenous therapy. Injection is performed with the start/stop method and with the positive pressure technique (clamping the catheter while injecting the last milliliters of normal saline)
No Intervention: Heparin lock
Drug: normal saline
Ten milliliters of normal saline will be injected at the end of the intravenous therapy. Injection is performed with the start/stop method and with the positive pressure technique (clamping the catheter while injecting the last milliliters of normal saline)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Withdrawal occlusion
Time Frame: within180 days
within180 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
all catheter-related bacteremia
Time Frame: within 180 days
within 180 days
Incidence of functional problems other than withdrawal occlusion
Time Frame: within 180 days
within 180 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Collaborators

Leuvens Kanker Instituut

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Marguerite Stas, MD, PhD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 13, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 13, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

October 14, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 9, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2011

Last Verified

June 1, 2011

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SM008

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