# VATS Decortication Versus IR Guided Chest Tube Insertion With Fibrinolytics for the Management of Empyema

> **NCT03584113** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Dr. Wiley Chung** · enrollment: 70 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Empyema, Pleural

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Video assisted thorascopic decortication
- **OTHER:** Interventional radiology guided chest tube insertion with MIST2 trial fibrinolytics

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03584113
- **Lead sponsor:** Dr. Wiley Chung
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2021-08-24
- **Primary completion:** 2025-08-01
- **Final completion:** 2025-09-01
- **Target enrollment:** 70 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03584113

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03584113, "VATS Decortication Versus IR Guided Chest Tube Insertion With Fibrinolytics for the Management of Empyema". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03584113. Licensed CC0.

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