# Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion With Fibrinolytic Therapy Versus VATs Decortication

> **NCT03583931** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Denver Health and Hospital Authority** · enrollment: 10 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Parapneumonic Effusion
- Empyema, Pleural
- Coagulopathy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** VATS Decortication
- **DRUG:** Fibrinolytic Therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03583931
- **Lead sponsor:** Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-07-26
- **Primary completion:** 2020-02-02
- **Final completion:** 2020-02-02
- **Target enrollment:** 10 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03583931

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03583931, "Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion With Fibrinolytic Therapy Versus VATs Decortication". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03583931. Licensed CC0.

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