New catheter lock could slash infection risk in young cancer patients
NCT ID NCT05781295
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a special solution (taurolidine) placed inside the catheter can prevent infections better than the standard saltwater solution. About 148 children with cancer who need a central catheter will take part. The goal is to see if the taurolidine lock reduces the number of catheter-related bloodstream infections.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 148 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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Up to 21 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient less than or equal to 21 years of age at inclusion. 2. Patient for whom a central catheter is planned to be inserted\*, excluding a non-tunneled femoral or cervical external catheter or a peripherally inserted central catheter (as PICC line). \*1st catheter placement or placement following a relapse (this placement must take place at least one month after previous catheter removal). 3. Patient treated for a cancer. 4. Patient with regular follow-up in the inclusion center. 5. Informed consent signed by the patient if adult or by legal representatives if minor. 6. Patient benefiting from a social security coverage. 7. Time between the date of catheter placement and the planned date for the first solution lock injection less than 6 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with retinoblastoma. 2. Allografted patient. 3. Patient with a life expectancy of less than 6 months. 4. Patient refusing to participate in the protocol. 5. Patient already receiving a central venous catheter-related infection prevention lock (ILCVC). 6. Patient with known allergy to citrate or (cyclo)-Taurolidine. 7. Patient taking other drugs with a known contraindication with citrate or (cyclo)-Taurolidine. 8. Patient with an external femoral catheter. 9. Patient with a PICCLINE-type peripheral venous inserted central catheter. 10. Patient unable to submit to the medical follow-up of the trial for geographical, social or psychological reasons. 11. Patient under guardianship and curatorship.
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Conditions
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Armand Trousseau
RECRUITINGParis, 75012, France
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Gustave Roussy
RECRUITINGVillejuif, 94805, France
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Institut Curie
RECRUITINGParis, 75005, France
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Robert Debre
RECRUITINGParis, 75935, France
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Saint Louis
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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