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Registration number
ACTRN12605000147684
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
10/08/2005
Date registered
15/08/2005
Date last updated
24/09/2012
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
The DRIP Trial
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Scientific title
A randomised phase III study to evaluate the effects of changing peripheral intravenous cannulas when clinically indicated to reduce the rate of cannula related complications
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Secondary ID [1]
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[email protected]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
The DRIP Trial
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Phlebitis and other adverse outcomes of peripheral venous cannulation.
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Condition category
Condition code
Inflammatory and Immune System
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Intervention: Cannula re-sited when clinically indicated
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Devices
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Comparator / control treatment
Control: Cannula re-sited every 3 days
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Control group
Dose comparison
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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I/V related morbidity (using a composite measure of any reason for unplanned cannula removal)
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Catheter removal
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Cost
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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At completion of trial
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. they are inpatients at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. 2. They are scheduled or expected to have a peripheral venous catheter indwelling for at least 4 days.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
Not stated
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Sex
Females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
1. Patients with an existing bloodstream infection 2. Those receiving immunosupressive treatment.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Central telephone
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Computer generated
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
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Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
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Type of endpoint/s
Safety/efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
22/02/2006
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
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Date of last data collection
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Sample size
Target
754
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Final
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Government body
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Name [1]
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Queensland Nursing Council
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Address [1]
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No longer exists
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
Individual
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Name
Joan Webster
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Address
RBWH
Butterfield St
Herston QLD 4029
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
Most hospitals re-site peripheral intravenous catheters in adults every 72-96 hours, based on current Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines. This is at odds with regimes for children, and critically ill patients, where cannulas are only re-sited when clinically indicated. Recent prospective surveillance studies have demonstrated the safety of longer dwell times but these observations have not been validated in adults, using randomised controlled trial methodology. The primary aim of the present study is to compare the rates of peripheral catheter-related local infection, phlebitis and obstruction between two groups of patients - those having routine catheter changes every 72 hours and those having catheter changes only when clinically indicated.
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Trial website
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Trial related presentations / publications
Webster J, Clarke S, Paterson D, Hutton A, Van Dyk S, Gale C, Hopkins T. Peripheral intravenous catheters: randomized controlled trial of elective versus clinically indicated replacement. BMJ. 2008 Jul 8;337:a339. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a339
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Joan Webster
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Address
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Teaching and Research
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Level 6
Ned Hanlon Building
Herston QLD 4029
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 7 36368590
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Fax
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+61 7 36362123
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Email
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Joan Webster
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Address
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Teaching and Research
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
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Herston QLD 4029
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Country
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Australia
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Email
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