Overview

Additional Minocycline Pleurodesis After Thoracoscopic Procedures for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2005-03-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
To test if additional minocycline pleurodesis after thoracoscopic procedures can reduce the rates of ipsilateral recurrence for patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Collaborator:
National Science Council, Taiwan
Treatments:
Minocycline
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients requiring VATS caused by recurrent, persistent, or contralateral
spontaneous pneumothorax as well as by spontaneous hemopneumothorax were eligible for
this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- greater than 50 years of age, with underlying pulmonary disease, previous ipsilateral
thoracic operation, allergy to tetracycline or minocycline, and unwilling to receive
randomization.