NCT02608814

Advanced Ultrasound in Pleural Infection

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oxford · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pleural infection is a potentially serious infection of the fluid normally found around the lung and current evidence suggests its incidence is increasing in both adult and paediatric populations. Identification of bacterial pathogens causing pleural infection is of paramount importance in the clinical care of patients are currently, only 40% of patients have a laboratory confirmed microbiological diagnosis for their pleural infection. An unclear diagnosis can be due to various reasons such as a small sample volume therefore the aim of the AUDIO study is to ascertain the capacity of pleural biopsies in improving the microbiological yield of pleural infection. Currently, there are no well validated methods for identifying patients presenting with pleural infection on the basis of initial ultrasound imaging. The AUDIO study will define the role of baseline thoracic ultrasound in predicting the radiographic, clinical and surgical outcomes of patients with pleural infection. The AUDIO study aims to recruit 50 patients from 2 centres with specific pleural expertise and these patients will be followed up over a 12 month period. Investigators hope that through the information gathered from ultrasound imaging and pleural biopsies, it will aid physicians' clinical and therapeutic decision making when treating patients with pleural infection.

Conditions

• Pleural Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pleural biopsy sampling	6 - 8 pleural biopsy samples will be taken before the insertion of the chest drain. These samples will be sent to microbiology for examination.
OTHER	Ultrasound

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-14
• Completion: 2017-03-14
• First posted: 2015-11-20
• Last updated: 2017-05-16

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom