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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT00873587
Other study ID # F081016009
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received March 30, 2009
Last updated October 11, 2015
Start date March 2009
Est. completion date September 2012

Study information

Verified date September 2013
Source University of Alabama at Birmingham
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There are two commonly used methods to remove chest tubes following thoracotomy. One is to remove the chest tube at maximum inspiration, (patient is asked to take a deep breath in and hold it), and the other is to pull the chest tube at maximum expiration,(patient is asked to blow out as much air as they can can and hold it). There has been considerable discussion among Thoracic surgeons that one of these two methods may decrease the risk of pneumothorax, the most common complication associated with chest tube removal. The investigators will compare the two methods, and also identify risk factors of developing pneumothorax during chest tube removal.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 342
Est. completion date September 2012
Est. primary completion date September 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 19 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are post thoracotomy, pulmonary resection (wedge, lobectomy, segmentectomy, pneumonectomy), AND

- Have at least one chest tube.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Less than 19 years old,

- With interstitial lung disease, OR

- Any patient intubated.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Chest tube pull on inspiration
Pull chest tube on Inspiration
Expiration
Pull chest tube on Expiration

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Pneumothorax Within 4 hours after chest tube removal No
Secondary Morbidity 4 hours after chest tube removal No
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