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Active Clearance Technology (ACT) II German Multicenter Trial
The Active Clearance Technology (ACT) II German Multicenter Trial
Postoperative bleeding is a common consequence after heart surgery which can significantly impact outcomes and costs [Wynne R, Christensen MC, Dixon B]. When bleeding occurs, reliable postoperative blood evacuation of the pleural, mediastinal and pericardial spaces with chest tubes is imperative to facilitate pulmonary re-expansion and mediastinal decompression as the patient recovers. When postoperative blood evacuation is inadequate, retained blood complications can result (herein described as the Retained Blood Complications (RBC). RBC is the presence of post-operative pericardial and/or pleural fluid or blood that is diagnosed and may necessitate drainage in the acute or sub-acute setting. The need for treatment and interventions for these conditions represents an impediment to patient recovery and involves both resource and economic consumption for a heart program and the healthcare system at large.
Clinically, Retained Blood Complications (RBC) can be recognized acutely or subacutely. When it presents acutely, it is usually fresh thrombus around the heart or lungs presenting as tamponade or hemothorax. When it presents subacutely, it results in bloody pleural or pericardial effusions. These effusions are often driven by the breakdown of remaining thrombus. Once RBC occurs, subsequent procedures may be needed to remedy it.
A recent review of the literature indicated that additional procedures for RBC are demonstrated in approximately 15% to 20% of patients after heart surgery. In a prospectively collected United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data from 2010, RBC could be demonstrated in 17% of patients. In this analysis, mortality was doubled from 4% to 8%, length of stay was increased by 5 days, and average costs were 55% higher. Patients with RBC, therefore, represent an increased at risk population for complications and costs.
Postoperative obstruction of conventional chest tubes with blood and other fibrinous material in the setting of postoperative bleeding contributes to RBC. (Shalli) In a recent study of postoperative cardiac surgery patients at the Cleveland Clinic, 36% of patients were found to have evidence of chest tube obstruction . Active Clearance with PleuraFlow has been shown to prevent chest tube clogging, and reduce RBC.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Complications from RBS are defined as those requiring re-operation or surgical interventions to evacuate blood, blood clot, bloody fluid, and air accumulation within the operative site after closure of the surgical wound. This is a prospective multicenter observational post-market study with a retrospective component. The study is open to up to five (5) German sites enrolling a consecutive cohort of cardiac surgery patients.
There are two conditions for participation in this registry. First, sites are required to enter into the study database anonymized matched historical data elements from a cohort of cardiac surgery patients done over the preceding 12 to 24-month period (Phase 0). These retrospective data elements will be used as baseline information for the purpose of comparative analyses with the prospective data sets. Second, sites that have not been using the PleuraFlow System before enrolling patients to this study are required to participate in a roll-in phase (Phase 1). The purposes of the roll-in phase are to allow the users at participating sites to familiarize themselves with the product use and with ACT, to implement Clinical Use Protocols provided by ClearFlow, Inc. to all commercial users as part of product training, and to demonstrate consistency and compliance with the clinical use protocols.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Theodor Fischlein, Prof.
- Phone Number: 5441 0049 911 398
- Email: mailto:tatjana.lueg@klinikum-nuernberg.de
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Joachim Sirch, Dr
- Phone Number: 5441 0049 911 398
- Email: mailto:tatjana.lueg@klinikum-nuernberg.de
Study Locations
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Bavaria
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Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany, 97616
- Recruiting
- Herz- und Gefäßklinik GmbH
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Contact:
- Anno Diegeler, Prof. Dr. med.
- Phone Number: 2417 +49 9771 66
- Email: Anno.Diegeler@herzchirurgie.de
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Contact:
- Monika Back
- Phone Number: 5690 +49 9771 66
- Email: Monika.Back@herzchirurgie.de
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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, 90471
- Recruiting
- Paracelsus Medical University, Klinikum, Nuremberg, Germany
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Contact:
- Theodor Fischlein, Prof.
- Phone Number: 5441 0049 911 398
- Email: tatajana.lueg@klinikum-nuernberg.de
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Contact:
- Joachim Sirch, Dr.
- Phone Number: 5441 0049 911 398
- Email: tatjana.lueg@klinikum-nuernberg.de
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Male or Female subjects 18 years or older who received a PleuraFlow System following heart surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any condition deemed inappropriate for inclusion by the investigators
- Infants, children and adolescents under the age of 18
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Percent reduction in the rate of interventions to treat Retained Blood Syndrome (RBS)
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 12 days
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RBS is a composite endpoint defined as an intervention to treat one or more of the following conditions: -Re-exploration for bleeding, tamponade or washout of retained bloo |
participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 12 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Theodor Fischlein, Prof., Paracelsus Medical University, Klinikum, Nuremberg, Germany
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Wynne R, Botti M, Copley D, Bailey M. The normative distribution of chest tube drainage volume after coronary artery bypass grafting. Heart Lung. 2007 Jan-Feb;36(1):35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.05.006.
- Christensen MC, Dziewior F, Kempel A, von Heymann C. Increased chest tube drainage is independently associated with adverse outcome after cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012 Feb;26(1):46-51. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.09.021. Epub 2011 Nov 18.
- Dixon B, Santamaria JD, Reid D, Collins M, Rechnitzer T, Newcomb AE, Nixon I, Yii M, Rosalion A, Campbell DJ. The association of blood transfusion with mortality after cardiac surgery: cause or confounding? (CME). Transfusion. 2013 Jan;53(1):19-27. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03697.x. Epub 2012 May 11.
- Light RW. Pleural effusions following cardiac injury and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Dec;22(6):657-64. doi: 10.1055/s-2001-18802.
- Light RW. Pleural effusions after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2002 Jul;8(4):308-11. doi: 10.1097/00063198-200207000-00011.
- Light RW, Rogers JT, Cheng D, Rodriguez RM. Large pleural effusions occurring after coronary artery bypass grafting. Cardiovascular Surgery Associates, PC. Ann Intern Med. 1999 Jun 1;130(11):891-6. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-11-199906010-00004.
- Light RW, Rogers JT, Moyers JP, Lee YC, Rodriguez RM, Alford WC Jr, Ball SK, Burrus GR, Coltharp WH, Glassford DM Jr, Hoff SJ, Lea JW 4th, Nesbitt JC, Petracek MR, Starkey TD, Stoney WS, Tedder M. Prevalence and clinical course of pleural effusions at 30 days after coronary artery and cardiac surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Dec 15;166(12 Pt 1):1567-71. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200203-184OC. Epub 2002 Oct 11.
- Ikaheimo MJ, Huikuri HV, Airaksinen KE, Korhonen UR, Linnaluoto MK, Tarkka MR, Takkunen JT. Pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery: incidence, relation to the type of surgery, antithrombotic therapy, and early coronary bypass graft patency. Am Heart J. 1988 Jul;116(1 Pt 1):97-102. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(88)90255-4.
- Clark G, Licker M, Bertin D, Spiliopoulos A. Small size new silastic drains: life-threatening hypovolemic shock after thoracic surgery associated with a non-functioning chest tube. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Mar;31(3):566-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.12.010. Epub 2007 Jan 9.
- Karimov JH, Gillinov AM, Schenck L, Cook M, Kosty Sweeney D, Boyle EM, Fukamachi K. Incidence of chest tube clogging after cardiac surgery: a single-centre prospective observational study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Dec;44(6):1029-36. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt140. Epub 2013 Mar 21.
- Shalli S, Boyle EM, Saeed D, Fukamachi K, Cohn WE, Gillinov AM. The active tube clearance system: a novel bedside chest-tube clearance device. Innovations (Phila). 2010 Jan;5(1):42-7. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181cf7ce3.
- Shiose A, Takaseya T, Fumoto H, Arakawa Y, Horai T, Boyle EM, Gillinov AM, Fukamachi K. Improved drainage with active chest tube clearance. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 May;10(5):685-8. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.229393. Epub 2010 Feb 23.
- Arakawa Y, Shiose A, Takaseya T, Fumoto H, Kim HI, Boyle EM, Gillinov AM, Fukamachi K. Superior chest drainage with an active tube clearance system: evaluation of a downsized chest tube. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Feb;91(2):580-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.018.
- Perrault LP, Pellerin M, Carrier M, Cartier R, Bouchard D, Demers P, Boyle EM. The PleuraFlow Active Chest Tube Clearance System: initial clinical experience in adult cardiac surgery. Innovations (Phila). 2012 Sep-Oct;7(5):354-8. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e31827e2b4d.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ESTIMATE)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- Germany-ACT II
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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