# IMPI 2 - A Trial of Intrapericardial Alteplase in Large Pericardial Effusion

> **NCT02673879** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of Cape Town** · enrollment: 2176 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pericardial Effusion

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Pericardiocentesis with Alteplase
- **OTHER:** Conventional Pericardiocentesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02673879
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Cape Town
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-02
- **Primary completion:** 2019-07
- **Final completion:** 2020-01
- **Target enrollment:** 2176 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2018-05-02

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02673879

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02673879, "IMPI 2 - A Trial of Intrapericardial Alteplase in Large Pericardial Effusion". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02673879. Licensed CC0.

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