Clinical trials: Infectious Pleural Effusion
Pleural Effusion Associated With Pulmonary Infection, Bacterial Pleural Effusion Other Than Tuberculosis
Efficacy and Safety of Activase (Ateplase) vs Placebo in Complicated Pleural Effusions (CPE)/Empyemas
The purpose of this study is to document the efficacy and safety of intrapleural instillation of Activase vs Placebo in the management of complicated pleural effusions and empyemas
- Trial name
- CPE (NCT00468104)
- Testing
- Alteplase
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Midwest Pulmonary and Critical Care
Complication of Surgical Procedure, Acute Respiratory Failure, Adult
Prospective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for Postoperative Pulmonary COmPlications in Europe
Prospective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for postoperative pulmonary COmPlications in Europe (PERISCOPE) is a multi-centre, international observational study of a random-sample cohort of patients undergoing a nonobstetric…
- Conditions
- Complication of Surgical Procedure, Acute Respiratory Failure, Adult, Postoperative Respiratory Complications, Pulmonary Failure
- Trial name
- PERISCOPE (NCT01346709)
- Where
- 63 sites in Albania, Belgium and 19 more
- Volunteers
- 5,450 people
- Sponsor
- European Society of Anaesthesiology
Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure
Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers…
- Conditions
- Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT03296280
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pleural Infection, Empyema
Fibrinolysis Compared to Thoracoscopy for Pleural Infection
The purpose of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to compare two currently accepted standard-of-care treatment strategies: Medical thoracoscopy as compared to instillation of intrapleural tissue Plasminogen Activator…
- Conditions
- Pleural Infection, Empyema, Pleural Diseases, Parapneumonic Effusion
- Trial name
- NCT03468933
- Testing
- tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and human recombinant deoxyribonuclease (DNase), Medical Thoracoscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Tulane University