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Trial Identification

Brief Title: McMaster Catheterization for Thoracoscopic Surgery Study

Official Title: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial Comparing Routine Urinary Catheterization vs. No-Urinary Catheterization at the Time of Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection (McMaster Catheterization for Thoracoscopic Surgery Study - UCATh Study)

Study ID: NCT02640326

Conditions

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lung Neoplasms

Metastatic Lung Cancer

Urinary Retention

Urinary Tract Infections

Interventions

No Foley Urinary Catheter

Standard of care Foley urinary catheter insertion

Study Description

Brief Summary: It is common practice to insert a Foley catheter into the bladder to drain urine during and after a lung resection. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the potential risks associated with this catheterization, particularly with regard to infection. As thoracic surgery adopts minimally invasive surgical techniques, the need for urinary catheterization during surgery is being questioned since these less invasive surgeries are known to result in less post-operative acute pain, shorter length of stay, and other outcomes that tend to decrease overall anesthetic needs for this patient population. Thus, there is a need to investigate whether patients who have had a minimally invasive lung resection truly need the Foley catheter at all. This will be achieved by assigning patients to either an experimental no-catheter group or the standard of care routine urinary catheter group to determine if patients with no catheter experience different rates of complications. This pilot study will primarily determine if there is a difference in post operative urinary complications between the groups. It is hoped that this study will definitively determine whether a Foley urine catheter is a necessary procedure in the course of a minimally invasive lung resection.

Detailed Description: Urinary catheterization is standard practice during and shortly after lung resections. The standard practice is being questioned in an era where unnecessary interventions are being re-considered, particularly since urinary catheterization is not without a risk of adverse events. The study is being done to establish an evidence base to support widespread discontinuation or continuation of this standard practice. Consenting patients will be randomized to either the catheterized or non-catheterized arms. Patient urinary management will be managed as per an a priori-defined protocol that follows St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) institutional standards.