# Timing for Removal of Chest Tubes in Adult Cardiac Surgery

> **NCT04487262** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Aarhus University Hospital Skejby** · enrollment: 515 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Heart Surgery
- Chest Tube
- Effusion Pleural
- Pain, Postoperative

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Cardiac surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04487262
- **Lead sponsor:** Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2020-09-01
- **Primary completion:** 2021-10-31
- **Final completion:** 2021-10-31
- **Target enrollment:** 515 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Safety interim analysis
- **Last updated:** 2023-08-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04487262

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04487262, "Timing for Removal of Chest Tubes in Adult Cardiac Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04487262. Licensed CC0.

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