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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00520221
Date of registration: 21/08/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Public title: Intrapleural Minocycline Following Simple Aspiration for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Scientific title: Intrapleural Minocycline Following Simple Aspiration for Initial Treatment of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: a Retrospective Study
Date of first enrolment: January 2004
Target sample size: 64
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00520221
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Defined Population, Time Perspective: Longitudinal  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Name:     Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients who underwent manual aspiration as their
initial treatment were selected.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with a previous history of spontaneous pneumothorax, >50 years of age, or
with preexisting pulmonary diseases were excluded. Patients with unsuccessful
aspiration requiring further chest tube insertion or thoracoscopic operation were
also excluded



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pneumothorax
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
200707015R
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Ethics review
Results
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