# Maintaining Patency in Implanted Port Catheters

> **NCT02354118** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **TriHealth Inc.** · enrollment: 436 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obstruction; Catheter, Infusion Catheter (Vascular)
- Catheter; Complications (Indwelling Catheter)

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Heparinized saline catheter flush
- **OTHER:** Saline-only catheter flush

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02354118
- **Lead sponsor:** TriHealth Inc.
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-01
- **Primary completion:** 2021-12-11
- **Final completion:** 2021-12-17
- **Target enrollment:** 436 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02354118

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02354118, "Maintaining Patency in Implanted Port Catheters". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02354118. Licensed CC0.

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