Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax

Status unconfirmed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Traumatic Pneumothorax

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01537289

Run by

University of Arizona

People needed

38

Starts

2010-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-02-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years old and above
• Suffer traumatic pneumothorax that requires chest tube insertion

You may not qualify if…

• Emergency chest tube insertion
• patient refuses
• patient is unable to provide or rate pain assessment
• prisoner
• pregnancy
• patient with GCS less than 13

Where it is running

• University of Ariznoa Medican Center, Main campus — Tucson, Arizona, United States (enrolling)

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