NCT00713362

Brief Summary

We hypothesize that VATS is more effective than CTD for management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax with aspiration failure. To this end, we will compare two groups of patients who had experienced unsuccessful aspiration of primary spontaneous pneumothorax stratified by treatment.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
60

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_2

Timeline
Completed

Started Apr 2008

Longer than P75 for phase_2

Geographic Reach
1 country

2 active sites

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 1, 2008

Completed
3 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

July 9, 2008

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 11, 2008

Completed
4.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

November 1, 2012

Completed
10 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 2013

Completed
Last Updated

December 17, 2012

Status Verified

November 1, 2012

Enrollment Period

4.6 years

First QC Date

July 9, 2008

Last Update Submit

December 13, 2012

Conditions

Keywords

Aspiration, chest tube, pneumothorax, thoracoscopic surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Comparing the number of days in hospital, after intervention, of each group.

    within one month

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Short-term outcome, including number of days with chest drainage, total hospital stay, short-term failure rate of assigned treatment, adverse events, pain score, mean dose of meperidine requested.

    within one month

  • Long-term outcome, including recurrence rate and long-term failure rate of assigned treatment

    2 years

  • Total costs of each patients in assigned treatment.

    2 years

Study Arms (2)

1

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Surgery: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Procedure: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Chest tube drainage

Procedure: chest tube drainage

Interventions

VATS for bullectomy and mechanical pleurodesis

1

Chest tube drainage for pneumothroax

2

Eligibility Criteria

Age15 Years - 50 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Age between 15 and 50 years old.
  • First episode of spontaneous pneumothorax.
  • The rim of air is \> 2cm on CXR requiring simple aspiration
  • Aspiration as the initial treatment
  • Failed to achieve lung expansion following repeat manual aspiration

You may not qualify if:

  • Complete or nearly complete and persistent lung expansion immediately following manual aspiration
  • With underlying pulmonary disease (TB, asthma, etc)
  • With hemothorax or tension pneumothorax requiring chest tube insertion or operation
  • A history of previous pneumothorax
  • A history of previous ipsilateral thoracic operation
  • Pregnant or lactation female

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (2)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Taipei County, Taiwan

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pneumothorax

Interventions

Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pleural DiseasesRespiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

ThoracoscopyEndoscopyDiagnostic Techniques, SurgicalDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresDiagnosisVideo-Assisted SurgeryMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresSurgical Procedures, OperativeThoracic Surgical Procedures

Study Officials

  • Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD

    National Taiwan University Hospital

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Jin-Shing Chen, MD.,PhD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 9, 2008

First Posted

July 11, 2008

Study Start

April 1, 2008

Primary Completion

November 1, 2012

Study Completion

September 1, 2013

Last Updated

December 17, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-11

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