# Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax

> **NCT01537289** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of Arizona** · enrollment: 38 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Traumatic Pneumothorax

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook)
- **DEVICE:** chest tube (28-French)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01537289
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Arizona
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2010-07
- **Primary completion:** 2012-06
- **Final completion:** 2012-06
- **Target enrollment:** 38 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2012-02-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01537289

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01537289, "Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01537289. Licensed CC0.

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