Traumatic Hemothorax Drainage and Daily Lavage

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Conditions studied: Hemothorax; Traumatic

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06937450

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

20

Starts

2025-03-30

Expected to finish

2027-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-18

Who can join

Age: 15 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to provide consent for the research study
• More than 15 years of age
• 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)
• Hemodynamic stability (heart rate 120 beats per minute; systolic blood pressure 90 mmHg)
• Bilateral or unilateral hemothorax of greater than 300 mL HTX by Mergo Formula from chest CT
• Able to complete the entire study including randomization, tube placement, lavages and final CT Scan.

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 15 years of Age
• Prisoner
• Pregnant due to the risk of CT scans
• HTX or HTX-PTX not requiring drainage or drainage performed prior to randomization/enrollment
• Patients undergoing operative intervention (i.e. thoracotomy) as initial management of hemothorax (6) Persistent hemodynamic instability after initial resuscitation and CT imaging

Where it is running

• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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