Clinical trials: Empyema
Empyema
Thoracoscopy Versus Fibrinolysis in Children With Empyema
The null hypothesis is that patients receiving either thoracoscopy or fibrinolysis for empyema recover in the same amount of time.
- Trial name
- NCT00323531
- Testing
- Chest tube with tPA infusion for 3 days, VATS decortication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Empyema, Pleural Effusion
Alteplase for Treatment of Empyema and Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion
The purpose of this study is to assess the benefit to patients with empyema or complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPE) using a daily versus twice daily Alteplase regimen of two different dose strategies compared with saline…
- Trial name
- NCT00103766
- Testing
- Alteplase
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- O'Brien, Jeana D., MD, FACP, FCCP
Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Pleurisy
Comparison the Level of CTGF Protein and Related Cytokine in Pleural Effusion
Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is known to be a fibrogenic cytokine, it could be expressed in various fibrosis diseases. But, recent research showed that CTGF also be considered to be a tumor suppressive gene.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Pleurisy, Malignant Pleural Effusion, Empyema
- Trial name
- NCT00313066
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Empyema
Urokinase Versus Primary Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery for Empyema
This study will compare VATS versus chest drain insertion and urokinase in the treatment of childhood empema by a randomised prospective study.
- Trial name
- NCT00144950
- Testing
- insertion of a chest drain with urokinase instillation, primary video-assisted thorascopic surgery
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Child Health