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Procedure

Pigtail catheter for Punctured Lung

Phase 3
Waitlist Available
Led By narong kulvatunyou, MD
Research Sponsored by University of Arizona
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up day 0, 1, 2
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Study 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.

Eligible Conditions
  • Punctured Lung

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~day 0, 1, 2
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and day 0, 1, 2 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in Tube-site pain, pain medication requirement
Secondary outcome measures
Insertion-related complication
failure rate

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Pigtail catheterExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: Traditional chest tubeActive Control1 Intervention
28-French chest tube

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of ArizonaLead Sponsor
518 Previous Clinical Trials
148,565 Total Patients Enrolled
narong kulvatunyou, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Arizona
~3 spots leftby Jun 2025