Clinical trials: Parapneumonic Effusion
Empyema, Pleural, Parapneumonic Effusion
Management of Pleural Space Infections
Currently, there is no high-quality evidence comparing the clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness of surgical drainage combined with antibiotics versus dual-agent intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy (IPFT) catheter drainage of…
- Trial name
- NCT03873766
- Testing
- Intrapleural Medications, Surgery, Pleural Sampling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swedish Medical Center
Pleural Infection
Pleural Space Saline Irrigation in Addition to Standard Intrapleural Thrombolytic Therapy in Empyema/Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion
The purpose of this study is to see if there is any benefit in adding saline irrigation through a chest tube to the standard course of treatment for people diagnosed or suspected of having a pleural space infection.
- Trial name
- NCT06434324
- Testing
- Saline Irrigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic