Pleural Abrasion Plus Minocycline Versus Apical Pleurectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00270751 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified August 2006 by National Taiwan University Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : December 28, 2005
Last Update Posted : August 7, 2006
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pneumothorax | Procedure: 1 apical pleurectomy Procedure: 2 pleural abrasion + minocycline pleurodesis | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Comparison of Pleural Abrasion Plus Minocycline Pleurodesis Versus Apical Pleurectomy After Thoracoscopic Bullectomy for High Recurrent Risk Patients With Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Prospective Randomized Trial. |
Study Start Date : | April 2005 |
Study Completion Date : | May 2009 |

- Recurrence rate of pneumothorax after thoracoscopic operation.
- The short-term results (Pain level, chest tube duration, hospital stay, etc)
- Complication rate
- Long-term results: residual pain
- Long-term pulmonary function test

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years to 50 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 15 and 50 years old Undergoing thoracoscopic bullectomy Had multiple blebs or no identified blebs during the operation
Exclusion Criteria:
- With underlying pulmonary disease With major systemic disease or acute infection Underwent ipsilateral operation previously Bleb number = 1 or 2

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00270751
Contact: Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD | 886-2-23123456 ext 5070 | wuj@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw | |
Contact: Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD | 886-2-23123456 ext 5178 | cjs@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw |
Taiwan | |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Recruiting |
Taipei, Taiwan, 100 | |
Contact: Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD 886-2-23123456 ext 5178 cjs@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw | |
Principal Investigator: Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD |
Study Chair: | Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD | Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan | |
Study Director: | Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD | Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan |
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00270751 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
31MD02 |
First Posted: | December 28, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 7, 2006 |
Last Verified: | August 2006 |
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Spontaneous pneumothorax Pleurectomy Pleural abrasion Minocycline |
Pneumothorax Pleural Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |
Minocycline Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents |