Use of an indwelling abdominal ascites drain in patients with malignant ascites versus hepatogenic ascites.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00041085

Enrollment

350

Registered

2026-07-23

Start date

2026-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

R18

Interventions

Group 1: Retrospective monocentric study of complications associated with long-term ascites drainage in patients who received long-term ascites drainage for malignant ascites versus hepatogenic ascite

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients with long-term ascites drainage due to hepatogenic or malignant ascites

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with a long-term ascites drain of another etiology (e.g. cardiac ascites) Patients with a long-term pleural drain

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Relative incidence of peritonitis following the placement of a tunneled ascites drainage catheter in malignant versus hepatic ascites. The data will be collected at the time of data acquisition (retrospective collection) from the databases of the University Medical Center Freiburg.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Complications of long-term ascites drainage: - Pain - Local (soft tissue) infection - Ascites leakage - Bleeding - Device malfunction - Dislodgement Kidney failure Hypotension Hyponatremia Mortality	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMichael Stefan Schultheiß

Uniklinik Freiburg

michael.schultheiss@uniklinik-freiburg.de+4976127036140

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026