# Continuous Passive Paracentesis for Intra-abdominal Hypertension

> **NCT04322201** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Ascites Hepatic
- Cirrhosis, Liver
- Hypertension, Intraabdominal
- Critical Illness
- Paracentesis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** continuous drainage of ascitic fluid using an intra-abdominal double lumen central venous catheter
- **PROCEDURE:** Ultrasound-guided intermittent large-volume paracentesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04322201
- **Lead sponsor:** Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2019-11-02
- **Primary completion:** 2021-11-30
- **Final completion:** 2022-05-31
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-26

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04322201

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04322201, "Continuous Passive Paracentesis for Intra-abdominal Hypertension". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04322201. Licensed CC0.

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