Chest Tube After a Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Pulmonary Wedge Resection (NOTUBE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00841750 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified July 2011 by Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander Clínica Carlos Ardila Lulle.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : February 11, 2009
Last Update Posted : July 20, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial Pulmonary Nodule, Solitary | Procedure: Do not leave a chest tube in the pleural cavity. Procedure: Do leave a chest tube in the pleural cavity. | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | The NoTube Study: Evaluation of the Necessity of a Chest Tube After a Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Pulmonary Wedge Resection. |
Study Start Date : | July 2008 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: No chest tube
No chest tube left in the pleural cavity at the end of a VATS pulmonary wedge resection.
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Procedure: Do not leave a chest tube in the pleural cavity.
At the end of a VATS wedge resection, an air leak proof will take place and if no air leak is noted, the surgical incisions for thoracoscopy ports will be closed without leaving a chest tube inserted in the pleural cavity of the patient. |
Active Comparator: Chest tube
Chest tube left in the pleural cavity at the end of a VATS pulmonary wedge resection.
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Procedure: Do leave a chest tube in the pleural cavity.
At the end of a VATS wedge resection, a chest tube will be inserted in the pleural cavity of the patient through the inferior surgical incision for thoracoscopy port; the rest of the incisions will be closed. |
- Pneumothorax >10% / Hemothorax [ Time Frame: 1 hour and 1-5 days postoperatively ]
- Pain (Visual analogue scale) [ Time Frame: At days 1-5 of hospitalization and at 1 month ]
- Surgical procedure duration [ Time Frame: At the end of surgery ]
- Hospital stay [ Time Frame: At patient discharge ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pulmonary wedge resections at the participating institutions.
- No evidence of air leak at the end of the surgical procedure.
- No active bleeding at the end of the surgical procedure.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pleural effusion previous to the procedure requiring drainage after it.
- Bullous or emphysematous changes in lung parenchyma.
- Patients going to positive pressure in the airways after the procedure.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00841750
Colombia | |
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota | Recruiting |
Bogota, Bogota D.C., Colombia | |
Contact: Luis G Garcia-Herreros, MD (57)1 2152300 ext 1613 info@luisgarciaherrerosmd.com | |
Principal Investigator: Luis G Garcia-Herreros, MD | |
Clinica Chicamocha | Not yet recruiting |
Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia | |
Contact: Carlos E Garavito, MD cegaravito@hotmail.com | |
Contact: Luis F Tapias-Vargas 76382822 ftapias@gmail.com | |
Principal Investigator: Carlos E Garavito, MD | |
Principal Investigator: Luis F Tapias-Vargas | |
Principal Investigator: Laura I Valencia, MD | |
Fundacion Oftalmológica de Santander Clinica Carlos Ardila Lulle | Recruiting |
Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia | |
Contact: Leonidas Tapias, MD 76384160 ext 1717 ltapias@intercable.net.co | |
Contact: Leonidas Tapias-Vargas, MD 76382822 ltapias@msn.com | |
Principal Investigator: Leonidas Tapias, MD | |
Principal Investigator: Leonidas Tapias-Vargas, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Leonidas Tapias, MD | Fundacion Oftalmológica de Santander Clinica Carlos Ardila Lulle | |
Principal Investigator: | Luis C Orozco-Vargas, MD | Universidad Industrial de Santander | |
Study Chair: | Luis F Tapias-Vargas | Universidad Industrial de Santander |
Responsible Party: | Leonidas Tapias Diaz, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander Clínica Carlos Ardila Lulle |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00841750 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
9009001 |
First Posted: | February 11, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 20, 2011 |
Last Verified: | July 2011 |
Chest Tubes Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Lung Diseases, Interstitial Pulmonary Nodule, Solitary |
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Interstitial Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Respiratory Tract Diseases |
Lung Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |