Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:49 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:49 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06936969
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age: patients aged 18 years or older.
* Surgical Procedure: patients who underwent anatomical lung resections (segmentectomy, lobectomy, or bilobectomy) at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, between November 2023 and December 2024.
* Prolonged Air Leak Diagnosis: patients with diagnosed PAL after lung resection, as defined by air leakage persisting beyond 5 days post-surgery.
* Consent: patients who were willing to provide informed consent for participation in the study and for the intervention procedures (autologous blood pleurodesis or 40% glucose solution pleurodesis).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Non-Anatomical Resections: Patients who underwent non-anatomical resections, such as pneumonectomy, lung transplantation, sleeve resections, or wedge resections.
* Patients from whom the required volume of peripheral blood (120 ml) could not be collected.
* Active Infection or Sepsis: Patients with ongoing infections or sepsis at the time of enrollment.
* Reoperation or Additional Interventions: patients who required immediate reoperation or other interventions that disturb the process of treating PAL.
* Mental Health or Cognitive Impairment: patients with significant cognitive impairments or mental health conditions that hinder the ability to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures.
* Patients who failed to perform three ABPP or 40% glucose injections (no consent, need for urgent surgery).
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT06936969
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06936969