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Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax

NCT01537289 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2012-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A small 14-French(F) pigtail catheter (PC) has been shown to work equally well with traditional 32-40F chest tube (CT), especially in traumatic pneumothorax.

There are no clinical data on tube-site pain. The investigators hypothesize that PC tube site pain is less than CT.

Conditions

  • Traumatic Pneumothorax

Interventions

DEVICE

Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook)

insertion of pigtail catheter to decompress pneumothorax

DEVICE

chest tube (28-French)

inserting chest tube to decompress pneumothorax

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Arizona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • narong kulvatunyou, MD · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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