# The Role of Decortication in Complex Empyema Cases: Multidrug Resistance and Tuberculosis at the Forefront

> **NCT07167823** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Health Sciences Lahore** · enrollment: 350 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Empyema
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Bacterial Sepsis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Decortication
- **PROCEDURE:** Decortication

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07167823
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Health Sciences Lahore
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2022-01-01
- **Primary completion:** 2025-06-30
- **Final completion:** 2025-08-31
- **Target enrollment:** 350 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07167823

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07167823, "The Role of Decortication in Complex Empyema Cases: Multidrug Resistance and Tuberculosis at the Forefront". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07167823. Licensed CC0.

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