Clinical trials: Thoracoscopy
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
Pain
Pain Management in Response to Exparel vs. Standard Bupivicaine
This study is looking to evaluate the efficacy of liposomal bupivicaine (Exparel) on decreasing the amount of consumed pain medications.
- Trial name
- VATS Exparel (NCT02499159)
- Testing
- Liposomal Bupivicaine, 0.25% standard bupivicaine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Inova Health Care Services
Pleural Carcinomatosis
Probe Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy During Thoracoscopy for Pleural Malignancies Diagnosis.
Probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a new optical endoscopic technique, generating fluorescent light emission from the tissue of interest and allowing in vivo live imaging at a cellular level ("optical biopsies").
- Trial name
- NCT03805971
- Testing
- Study of the pleural cavity with a confocal laser endomicroscope.
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Pleural Diseases
Fibrinolytic Therapy Versus Medical Thoracoscopy
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…
- Trial name
- NCT03213834
- Testing
- Chest thoracoscopy, Chest fibrinolytic therapy, tPA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Postoperative Pain
Continuous Subpleural Infusion of Bupivacaine
Rationale: For the past 3 years the investigators have routinely used an axial subpleural tunneling technique that del Study Design: All patients over the age of 18 having an isolated thoracoscopic procedure performed at Inova…
- Trial name
- NCT01566838
- Testing
- Subpleural pain catheter with infusion of 0.125% bupivacaine, Standard acute pain management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Inova Health Care Services