Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Traumatic Pneumothorax
- Interventions
- Device: chest tube (28-French)Device: Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook)
- Registration Number
- NCT01537289
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Arizona
- Brief 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.
- Detailed Description
Primary outcome: - Tube site pain
* Pain medication requirement
Secondary outcome: failure rate insertion-related complication
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
- 18 years old and above
- Suffer traumatic pneumothorax that requires chest tube insertion
Exclusion Criteria
- Emergency chest tube insertion
- patient refuses
- patient is unable to provide or rate pain assessment
- prisoner
- pregnancy
- patient with GCS less than 13
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Traditional chest tube chest tube (28-French) 28-French chest tube Pigtail catheter Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook) -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Tube-site pain, pain medication requirement day 0, 1, 2
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method failure rate patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks Insertion-related complication day 0
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Ariznoa Medican Center, Main campus
🇺🇸Tucson, Arizona, United States