Autopsy report · NCT02923830

Maintaining Patency in BioFlo Implanted Port Catheters With Saline Only Flushes

“We stopped inserting BioFlo ports, no more patients to recruit”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 5 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 2 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 28 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 3 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

TriHealth Inc.

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

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

Interventions

Heparinized saline catheter flush; Saline-only catheter flush

Participants

28

Sites

6

Countries

United States

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• Individualization Treatment Through a Self-managed Web-based Solution in Ulcerative Colitis
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• Effects of Fish or Meat Consumption in Elderly
  “Not enough patients to recruite.” (55% match in meaning)
• Effect of Telbivudine on Renal Function and Proteinuria in Patients With CHB & Chronic Renal Diseases
  “unable to recruit patients” (55% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.