Pleural Infection Bacterial

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Status: Recruiting

Once Daily Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy in Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion or Empyema

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if giving certain medications once a day works just as well as giving them twice a day to treat infections around the lungs (called pleural infections). These medications-tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and deoxyribonuclease (DNase)-are placed through a chest tube into the space between the lung and the chest wall to help clear out the infection. The investigators are trying to learn: * Does using the medicine once a day work just as well as using it twice a day? * Are there any differences in outcomes between patients who get the medicine once a day versus twice a day? * Does more or less fluid remain in the chest (seen on a chest x-ray) depending on how often the medicine is given? Participants will: * Have an infection around their lung and will already be getting normal hospital care, including a chest tube to drain the infected fluid around their lung. * Be asked to give permission to join the study. * Be randomly chosen (like flipping a coin) to get the medications either once a day or twice a day through the chest tube.

Participants needed: 270
Trial details
Phase: Phase 4Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillUpdated: May 19, 2026Locations: 6
Eligibility criteria

Written informed consent obtained from patient or patient's legally authorized r... [+4]

Known pregnancy or lactating females [+8]