Clinical trials: Pleural Infection
Therapy, Pleural Infections
Comparison of Early Pleural Irrigation Strategy With Saline to the Standard of Care for the Management of Complicated Pleural Infections.
Intrapleural enzyme therapy (IET) is regarded by recent guidelines as a "rescue" therapy for managing complicated pleural infections; however, it is associated with significant side effects, including pleural bleeding, pain, and…
- Trial name
- EPISSOC (NCT07666464)
- Testing
- intrapleural irrigation, Standard care
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 244 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Empyema, Pleural, Thoracic Empyema
Comparison of Lung Expansion After Uniportal and Multiportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Stage II Post Pneumonic Bacterial Empyema Thoracis
It was a parallel-armed randomized control study in which 160 participants admitted to the Thoracic Surgery Department, Services Hospital, Lahore were included.
- Trial name
- NCT07137507
- Testing
- Uniportal VATS, Multi-portal VATS
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Health Sciences Lahore
Pulmonary Edema, Pneumonia
Clinical Utility of Portable Dynamic Chest X Ray (DDR) in the ICU
Dynamic digital radiography (DDR) is a new advanced version of chest radiography that captures dynamic images at a rate of 15 frames per second.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Edema, Pneumonia, Atelectasis, Pleural Effusion
- Trial name
- NCT06538376
- Testing
- Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tuberculous Pleurisy
Drainage of Tuberculous Pleural Effusions
Tuberculous (TB) pleurisy can cause clinical symptoms and pleural fibrosis with resultant residual pleural thickening (RPT). Therapeutic thoracentesis or initial complete drainage in addition to anti-TB drugs have been tried to…
- Trial name
- NCT00524147
- Testing
- Pigtail drainage
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University Hospital
Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion
Pneumonia and Pleuropneumonia in Hospitalized Children
Describe the epidemiology of hospitalized pediatric pneumonia and pleuropneumonia with pleural effusion: frequency, clinical and biological characteristics, responsible bacteria and pneumococcus place, antibiotic resistance…
- Trial name
- NCT05274607
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Association Clinique Thérapeutique Infantile du val de Marne
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), Lung Cancer (Diagnosis)
Intraoperative Paravertebral Block and Postoperative Complications
This study aims to evaluate the clinical association between intraoperative paravertebral block and the reduction of postoperative complications following thoracic surgery.
- Conditions
- Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Pulmonary Infections, Respiratory Failure Without Hypercapnia
- Trial name
- IPVB and POCs (NCT07211529)
- Testing
- Paravertebral Block (PVB)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Tongji Hospital
Tuberculosis, Pleural
E-Nose: Diagnostic Tool for Pleural TB
The purpose of this study is to determine the diagnostic utility of the device 'Electronic Nose' for Pleural TB, which is a Extra pulmonary TB form, compared with pleural biopsy, the current gold standard.
- Trial name
- NCT02765087
- Testing
- Medical History, E-Nose, Chest CT
- Where
- Venezuela
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Central de Venezuela
Empyema, Pleural
VATS Decortication Versus IR Guided Chest Tube Insertion With Fibrinolytics for the Management of Empyema
The American Association of Thoracic Surgery defines empyema as pus in the pleural space. It is a common thoracic surgery presentation with an estimated 65,000 cases occurring annually in the United States.
- Trial name
- DICE (NCT03584113)
- Testing
- Video assisted thorascopic decortication, Interventional radiology guided chest tube insertion with MIST2 trial fibrinolytics
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Wiley Chung
Surgical Procedures, Operative, Anaesthesia
POPULAR: POst-operative PULmonary Complications After Use of Muscle Relaxants in Europe
International multicenter observational study of a random-sample cohort of patients undergoing any in-hospital surgical procedure under general or regional anaesthesia during a continued 14-day period of recruitment.
- Trial name
- POPULAR (NCT01865513)
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people
- Sponsor
- European Society of Anaesthesiology
Pleural Effusion, Malignant, Pleural Mesothelioma
A Comparative Study Between Regional Anesthesia in Thoracoscopes and the Conventional General Anesthesia
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is usually performed with general anesthesia and single lung ventilation. However, performing thoracic surgery under awake regional anesthesia has several potential advantages including…
- Conditions
- Pleural Effusion, Malignant, Pleural Mesothelioma, Pleural Empyema, Pulmonary Diseases or Conditions
- Trial name
- VATS (NCT05077111)
- Testing
- Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia, General Anesthesia with One Lung Ventilation
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mohamed Reda Ashour
Lung Diseases
Breath Analysis by Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Recognition of disease specific clusters of volatile organic compounds in patients with different lung diseases, using breath analysis with ion mobility spectrometry.
- Trial name
- NCT00632307
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lung Clinic Hemer
Community Acquired Pneumonia, Pleuritis
Lung Ultrasound in Pleuritic Chest Pain
Chest pain is an alarming symptom and one of the most frequent causes of access to the Emergency Departement. Although chest X-ray remains an essential step in the diagnostic process, several studies showed numerous limitations…
- Conditions
- Community Acquired Pneumonia, Pleuritis, Pulmonary Embolism, Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- UPP (NCT02107001)
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound
- Where
- 7 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University of Milan
Appendix Adenocarcinoma, Human Papillomavirus-Related Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Rare Solid Tumors
This phase II trial studies how well atezolizumab and bevacizumab work in treating patients with rare solid tumors. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab and bevacizumab, may help the body's immune system…
- Conditions
- Appendix Adenocarcinoma, Human Papillomavirus-Related Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Human Papillomavirus-Related Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Human Papillomavirus-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis
- Trial name
- NCT03074513
- Testing
- Atezolizumab, Bevacizumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Tuberculosis, Pleural
MTB cfDNA Levels in TBP
Tuberculous pleuritis (TBP) is the most common manifestation of extrapulmonary TB. Its diagnosis is challenging due to the low sensitivity of mycobacterial culture from the pleural fluid and the need for invasive pleural biopsy.
- Trial name
- MYDNITE (NCT05397730)
- Testing
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) cell-free DNA (cf-DNA)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 329 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pulmonary Disease, Postoperative Respiratory Complications
Screening of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications by Electrical Impedance Tomography
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Electrical Impedance Tomography can be used as sensitive and specific predictor in the detection of postoperative pulmonary complications (e.g.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Disease, Postoperative Respiratory Complications, Malignant Neoplasm of Stomach, Liver Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02337673
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Empyema, Pleural
Comparison of Intrapleural Urokinase and Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery in the Treatment of Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion in Children
Despite the improvement in the technology available for diagnosing and treating empyema, the management of empyema in children remains controversial.
- Trial name
- UROVATS (NCT02165891)
- Testing
- insertion of a chest drain with urokinase instillation, primary video-assisted thorascopic surgery
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital
Parapneumonic Effusion
Metagenomic Study in Parapneumonic Effusion
Objective: To identify known and unknown bacterial pathogens in patients with pleural infections using a combination of conventional culture and next-generation sequencing approaches.
- Trial name
- NCT05394220
- Testing
- 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pleural Effusion, Pneumothorax
Suturing With U-Technique Versus Un-Reapproximated Wound Edges During Removal of Closed Thoracostomy Tube Drain
The study will be carried out by the principal investigator and his team at the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and the University College…
- Conditions
- Pleural Effusion, Pneumothorax, Chest Trauma, Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
- Trial name
- SUTURE (NCT04193241)
- Testing
- Closure of chest tube wound
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 142 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ibadan
Pleural Infection
Study of Medical Thoracoscopy in Early Pleural Infection
Pleural infection (which is the infection in the space around the lungs called the pleura) is a severe infection that is difficult to treat and can lead substantial disability or even death.
- Trial name
- STEP (NCT07858721)
- Testing
- Medical thoracoscopy plus standard of care, Standard of Care (Investigator Choice)
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Genetic Variants of Host
Toll-like Receptor 2 Gene Polymorphism, Serum Cytokines and Susceptibility to Disease Severity or Treatment Response of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains at epidemic levels globally. Innate and adaptive immune responses evolve as protective mechanisms against mycobacterial infection in humans.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Genetic Variants of Host, Immune Response of Host
- Trial name
- NCT00772408
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital