Evaluating the Effect of Surgical Drain Securement on Patient Quality of Life and Postoperative Drain-related Complications
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: K-Lock, Suture.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Surgical Drain. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Trial Evaluating the Effect of Surgical Drain Securement on Patient Quality of Life and Postoperative Drain-related Complications
Overview
The objective of this study is to evaluate whether surgical drain securement with a novel sutureless device (K-LOCKTM) will improve patient quality of life and reduce postoperative drain-related complications compared to drain securement with traditional suture-based methods. The K-LOCK™ Device is a novel sutureless drain securement device that may improve patient experiences with surgical drains.
Detailed description
Patients will be identified as potential subjects where the study team will speak with them, determine eligibility, and obtain consent prior to surgery. On the day of surgery, patients will be randomized to either A) drains being secured with the K-Lock device or B) drains being secured with the suture-based technique. All drains will be secured according to randomization.
Postoperatively: The study team will follow the subjects weekly via the electronic medical record documenting (in REDCap) calls made to the triage nurse, visits to the emergency department, requests for additional pain medications, unexpected drain removal, need for additional drain placement, etc. Subjects will return to clinic at their regularly scheduled follow-up appointments with no additional study related activities and will be followed by the study team weekly, via chart review for a total of 3 months from their surgery date. When the subjects return to clinic to have their final drain removed they will be asked to complete a survey asking about their experience with their drains and drain securement. We will also have a blinded evaluator complete a short survey evaluating the skin around the drain insertion site. Photos will be taken of the drain site upon drain removal and again at the 3 month follow-up visit.
Interventions
- Device K-Lock
Surgical drain securement with a novel sutureless K-LOCK device - Other Suture
Surgical drain securement with traditional suture-based methods
Primary outcome measures
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Score [Time frame: Month 3]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Number of Complications [Time frame: Month 3]
- Rating of Drain Exit Sites [Time frame: Month 3]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age 18 years or older
- Patient of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Able to sign English language Consent form
- Undergoing a surgical procedure where placement of one or more surgical drains is anticipated
Exclusion criteria
- Unable to sign English language consent form
- Incompatible drain size placed
- Allergy or sensitivity to skin adhesives
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06916286 · IRB00128120