Study of Complication Rates Associated With PICC for Left vs Right

Richard Lindsay

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bacterial Infections

Treatments: Other: Follow up of complications

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01638702

12-086-BMB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) are catheters that are placed mainly in the arms, but which pass in the veins to beside the heart. They are associated with occasional complications due to infection or blockage of the vein that they are in. The investigators want to investigate whether PICCs in the right arm have lower complications than those in the left. This difference in complication rates has been noticed in most other forms of central venous access.

Enrollment: 203 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Referral for in-patient PICC placement at centre carrying out study.

Exclusion criteria

• Out of hospital referrals for PICC placement; previous PICC placement; previous long term central catheter/pacemaker; unable to give valid consent; presence of pre-existing medical preventing randomisation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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203 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Right sided PICC placement

Active Comparator group

Description:

Insertion of PICC on the right arm

Treatment:

Other: Follow up of complications

Left sided arm placement

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Insertion of PICC on the left arm

Treatment:

Other: Follow up of complications