NCT01537289

Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax

A Prospective Randomized Study of 14-French (14F) Pigtail Catheters Versus 28F Chest Tubes in Patients With Traumatic Pneumothorax: Impact on Tube-Site Pain and Failure Rate

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Arizona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Conditions

• Traumatic Pneumothorax

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook)	insertion of pigtail catheter to decompress pneumothorax
DEVICE	chest tube (28-French)	inserting chest tube to decompress pneumothorax

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2012-02-23
• Last updated: 2012-02-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States