Pleural Irrigation With a Novel Devise.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

About this trial

Single-arm pilot trial of the use of intrapleural saline irrigation to treat retained pleural infections for patients with contraindications to standard of care intrapleural enzymatic therapy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Retained pleural effusion identified via bedside ultrasound within the first 24 hours after chest tube insertion

Patient is contraindicated from receiving intrapleural enzymatic therapy within the first 24 hours after chest tube insertion

Disqualifiers

Non-infectious cause of pleural fluid analysis findings listed above identified (e.g. malignancy)

Post-procedural empyema or complicated parapneumonic effusion

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • of intrapleural saline irrigation with CLR irrigator

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group