Actively Recruiting
Heparinization vs Salinization of the Peripheral Venous Catheter
Led by Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf · Updated on 2025-06-25
3450
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
225 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Randomized, double-blind clinical trial to compare the efficacy of catheter sealing with saline, compared to low-dose heparin. 3,450 patients hospitalized at the Hospital Residencia Sant Camil, in Catalonia (Spain), will be randomized to each branch of study. The primary outcome will be the percentage of catheters removed due to obstruction in each branch of study. As secondary outcomes, the number of catheter-associated phlebitis, catheter-associated bacetrihemia, extravasation, and catheter loss will be measured. For the primary outcome, a superiority analysis will be carried out in terms of the percentage of obstructed catheters in each branch of the study.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Heparinization vs Salinization of the Peripheral Venous Catheter
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients older than 18 years, admitted to the Hospital Residencia Sant Camil
- Patients with at least one peripheral venous line for discontinuous treatment, not placed in a medical emergency
- Written informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Allergy to heparin
- Patients treated with unfractionated sodium heparin
- Patients on dialysis
- Patients with venous catheters for diagnostic tests
- Patients with venous catheters for blood transfusion
- Severe heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in recent months
- Active uncontrollable bleeding during admission
- Brain aneurysm or dissecting aorta except with corrective surgery
- Confirmed or suspected cerebrovascular hemorrhage
- Severe uncontrolled hypertension
- Severe platelet coagulation abnormalities (platelets <30,000, TP >1.7, APTT ratio >1.7)
- Participation in another clinical trial affecting venous catheter patency
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hospital Residència Sant Camil
Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain, 08810
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
E
Esther Moreno Rubio
CONTACT
N
Noemí Casaponsa
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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