*A prospective, randomised trial in pneumothorax therapy: manual aspiration versus conventional chest tube drainage.*

Recruiting

• Conditions: lung rupture; pneumothorax; 10035597

• Registration Number: NL-OMON30187
• Lead Sponsor: Isala Klinieken

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 18 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 114

Inclusion Criteria

1.patients with a first episode of a symptomatic pneumothorax admitted to
the ER of the hospital (spontaneous or traumatic) or
2.patients with an asymptomatic pneumothorax with a size of >= 20 % as
estimated by Light*s formula.
3.age >= 18 and < 85 years.
4.smoking is tolerated.

Exclusion Criteria

1.re-pneumothorax
2.lung fibrosis
3.pregnant women
4.comorbidity limiting decision making (psychiatric disease, alcohol or
drug abuse
5.COPD patients.
6.Marfan syndrome.
7.lung cancer patients.
8.tension pneumothorax.
9.prior randomisation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1.The duration of LOS of each technique.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1.The success rate of each technique:<br /><br><br /><br>1. immediate: see below<br /><br>2. two weeks: continous expansion<br /><br>3. one year: no recurrence of the pneumothorax.<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Conventional chest tube drainage; complete expansion of the lung,<br /><br>counteraction of the air leak and removal of the drain within 72 hours<br /><br>(immediate).<br /><br><br /><br>Manual aspiration: complete expansion and discharge within 24 hours<br /><br>(immediate).<br /><br><br /><br></p><br>