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Clinical Trials for Empyema

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Empyema include:

• Early Medical Thoracoscopy Versus Simple Chest Tube Drainage in Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion and Pleural Empyema - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Alteplase for Treatment of Empyema and Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Alteplase
• Thoracoscopy Versus Fibrinolysis in Children With Empyema - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Urokinase Versus Primary Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery for Empyema - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - insertion of a chest drain with urokinase instillation
• Comparison the Level of CTGF Protein and Related Cytokine in Pleural Effusion - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
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Empyema: Broader Related Topics

• Pleural effusion
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Definitions of Empyema:

A collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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