Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:16 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:16 AM
NCT ID:
NCT05394220
Eligibility Criteria:
Study group (patients with parapneumonic effusion)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients hospitalized for suspected pleural infection, irrespective of community-acquired or hospital-acquired in nature
* Pleural tapping will be performed for pleural fluid analysis
* Chinese ethnicity
* Aged 18 years old or above
Exclusion Criteria:
* Use of antibiotics for more than 24 hours for the current episode of infection
* On long-term local or systemic antibiotics
* Tuberculous pleuritis
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Failed to obtain informed consent due to patient's refusal or cognitive impairment
Control group (patients with effusions but not parapneumonic in nature)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Pleural effusion is not related to any infection including pneumonia (e.g. malignancy, fluid overload)
* Pleural tapping will be performed for pleural fluid analysis
* Chinese ethnicity
* Aged 18 years old or above
Exclusion Criteria:
* The use of systemic (including oral and intravenous) and inhaled antibiotics in the past 1 month
* On long-term local or systemic antibiotics
* Tuberculous pleuritis
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Failed to obtain informed consent due to patient's refusal or cognitive impairment
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT05394220
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT05394220