Exploration of the Pleural Cavity Using a fleXible endoscoPe (NCT02463955) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Exploration of the Pleural Cavity Using a fleXible endoscoPe
Stopped: study never start
0Started 2016-01
Plain-language summary
EXPLORE is a first-in-human study of single port transdiaphragmatic thoracoscopy using a flexible gastro-intestinal endoscope under two-lung ventilation with controlled capnothorax.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of pleural effusion affirmed by chest radiography,
* Indication thoracoscopy, asked by the pulmonologist or thoracic surgeon for diagnostic investigation and / or pleural symphysis
* Inpatient or outpatient,
* Women of childbearing age having an effective contraceptive coverage (combined oral contraceptives or intrauterine device or tubal ligation); a negative pregnancy test should be obtained,
* For postmenopausal women, menopause confirmation of diagnosis,
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pleural effusion compression,
* Pleural effusion infected or suspected of infection,
* Febrile patient (\> 38 ° C)
* Parapneumonic effusion
* Immunosuppression (eg, neutropenia \<1G / L, immunosuppressive therapy, ...)
* Portage known multidrug-resistant germ or S. aureus resistant to methicillin,
* Clinical suspicion of tuberculosis,
* Patients who have already been treated by pleurodesis,
* Contraindication to general anesthesia,
* Contraindication of prophylactic antibiotics,
* Contraindication to pleurodesis agent
* Increased bleeding risk,
* No one deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or protected adult subject (under guardianship)
* Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
What they're measuring
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Completeness of the pleural cavity exploration using the flexible endoscope