NCT05243316

Risk of Pneumothorax With and Without Chest Tube Clamping in Patients With Pleural Pathology

Risk of 24 Hour-pneumothorax After Chest Tube Removal With and Without Chest Tube Clamping in Patients With Pleural Pathology at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 93 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Through this randomized controlled clinical trial, we aim to identify whether there is a difference in the incidence of 24 hour pneumothorax after chest tube removal, in two blindly randomized groups of patients: The first group with chest tube clamping 6 hours prior to removal, and the second group there will be no chest tube clamping. The data will be prospectively collected from patient records from the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas.

Detailed description

Patients with an indication of chest tube removal will be randomized to two possible arms: clamping (for 6 hours before removal) or not clamping (immediate removal). Incidence of 24hour pneumothorax after chest tube removal will be recorded.

Conditions

• Pneumothorax
• Chest Tube
• Pleural Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Clamping	There will be a randomized selection of patients who will have a clamping of the chest tube 6 hours prior to chest tube removal.
PROCEDURE	Non Clampling	There will be a randomized selection of patients who wont have chest tube clamping 6 hours prior to chest tube removal.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-22
• Primary completion: 2023-03-31
• Completion: 2023-04-15
• First posted: 2022-02-17
• Last updated: 2023-05-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico