# Investigating the Use of Drains and (Internal) Quilting Sutures on Seroma Formation Following Mastectomy

> **NCT02668263** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust** · enrollment: 120 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Breast Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Surgery alone
- **PROCEDURE:** Surgery and Drain(s)
- **PROCEDURE:** Surgery and Quilting Sutures

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02668263
- **Lead sponsor:** North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2015-11
- **Primary completion:** 2016-11
- **Final completion:** 2016-11
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2016-01-29

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02668263

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02668263, "Investigating the Use of Drains and (Internal) Quilting Sutures on Seroma Formation Following Mastectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02668263. Licensed CC0.

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