# Pneumothorax Therapy: Manual Aspiration Versus Conventional Chest Tube Drainage

> **NCT00556335** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Isala** · enrollment: 56 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pneumothorax

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** manual aspiration
- **PROCEDURE:** conventional drainage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00556335
- **Lead sponsor:** Isala
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-04
- **Primary completion:** 2010-04
- **Final completion:** 2011-04
- **Target enrollment:** 56 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-04-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00556335

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00556335, "Pneumothorax Therapy: Manual Aspiration Versus Conventional Chest Tube Drainage". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00556335. Licensed CC0.

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