Pleural Irrigation With a Novel Devise.
ConditionPleural Effusion Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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.
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
Non-infectious cause of pleural fluid analysis findings listed above identified (e.g. malignancy)
Post-procedural empyema or complicated parapneumonic effusion