NCT00524147

Drainage of Tuberculous Pleural Effusions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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 rapidly relieve dyspnea caused by effusion and to decrease the occurrence of RPT. However, contradictory results are reported without clear reasons. The researchers' hypothesis is that, in addition to anti-TB medications, early effective evacuation of inflammatory exudates with or without fibrinolytic agents may hasten resolution of pleural effusion, reduce the occurrence of RPT and finally improve long-term functional outcome in patients with TB pleurisy.

Conditions

• Tuberculous Pleurisy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pigtail drainage

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-10-01
• Primary completion: 2005-10-01
• Completion: 2006-12-01
• First posted: 2007-09-03
• Last updated: 2010-12-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan