600
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
December 18, 2017
Study Completion Date
December 18, 2017
Reg Pressure
Regulated Suction using the Thopaz+ digital chest drainage device
Unreg Pressure
Unregulated Suction using a traditional system (multi-chambered system e.g. Pleur-Evac, Atrium-Maquet or similar device as is routine at each institution)
Active Suction (Dig)
Thopaz+ digital chest drainage device set at -20cmH2O at the patient
Active Suction (Trad)
Pleur-Evac, Atrium-Maquet or similar set at -20cmH2O at the device.
Passive Drainage (Dig)
"Thopaz+ digital chest drainage device set at -8cmH2O at the patient (physiologic)"
Passive Drainage (Trad)
"Pleur-Evac, Atrium-Maquet or similar set by gravity (water-seal')"
St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem
WellStar Health System - Kennestone, Marietta
Yale University, New Haven
Beth Israel Deaconess/ Harvard, Boston
Valley Health System, Paramus
Collaborators (1)
Medela AG
INDUSTRY
Yale University
OTHER