CoMiTED: investigating whether a collapsed lung (pneumothorax) due to injury (trauma) can be safely and effectively treated without immediately inserting a tube into the chest (chest drain)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Traumatic pneumothoraxInjury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN35574247
- Lead Sponsor
- orth Bristol NHS Trust
- Brief Summary
2024 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38889939/ (added 19/06/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 750
Inclusion Criteria
1. Presenting to the Emergency Department with traumatic pneumothoraces
2. Aged, or believed to be aged, =16 years
3. The treating clinician(s) are uncertain if a chest drain is required
Exclusion Criteria
1. Treating clinician(s) believe injuries are incompatible with life
2. Respiratory arrest
3. Haemothorax requiring a chest drain in the opinion of the treating clinician(s)
4. Clinical and imaging evidence of tension pneumothorax
5. Prisoners (does not include those in police custody; only those detained in prison establishments)
6. Retrospective paediatric exclusion if patient confirmed to be aged <16 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eed for one or more subsequent emergency pleural interventions (excluding chest drain insertion in the ED) measured using patient records/electronic patient tracking systems up to 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method