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:
2025-12-24 @ 11:34 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:34 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06709456
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Acute admission to the ICU.
* Age ≥ 18 years.
* Pleural effusion ≥ 2 cm in either pleural cavity assessed by ultrasonography, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (measured between the parietal and visceral pleura perpendicularly to the chest wall at the largest-separation point).
* Respiratory failure defined as one or more of the following: any oxygen supplementation in an open system, invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation (including non-intermittent mask CPAP), or most recent arterial blood gas analysis with arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) \> 6.0 kPa and pH \< 7.35.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Mediastinal drain or pleural drain in situ on either side.
* Suspected or confirmed haemothorax (e.g., due to recent thoracic trauma or intrathoracic surgery).
* Suspected or confirmed pneumothorax (e.g., by anamnesis, on radiographic or ultrasonographic assessment, or by clinical presentation, e.g., due to presence of subcutaneous emphysema).
* Suspected or confirmed pleural empyema (e.g., by anamnesis or clinical presentation, or on CT, MRI or ultrasonographic assessment).
* Pleural malignancy (suspected or confirmed pleural lymphoma, pleural metastases or direct pleural invasion, or malignant mesothelioma).
* Antithrombotic treatment or coagulation deficiency incompatible with conducting pleural drainage as by local recommendations, and contraindications to reversal of this (clinical assessment).
* Clinically assessed absolute indication for therapeutic pleural drainage and:
* invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation or mask CPAP with PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤ 13.3 kPa in the most recent ABG analysis.
* high-flow humidified oxygen therapy with a flow ≥ 50 L/min and a PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤ 13.3 kPa in the most recent ABG analysis.
* persistent respiratory acidosis with a pH \< 7.25 and a PaCO2 \> 6.0 kPa in the most recent ABG analysis in spite of non-invasive ventilation for \> 1 hour.
* Withdrawal from active therapy or brain death deemed imminent.
* Expected ICU stay \< 24 hours from randomisation.
* Pregnancy (in females \< 60 years of age, non-pregnancy must be confirmed by a negative urine or plasma human chorionic gonadotropin, or presence a condition incompatible with pregnancy, e.g., previous hysterectomy, or conducted caesarean section during current hospitalisation).
* Under coercive measures (i.e., ongoing involuntary hospital admission or under correctional authorities' jurisdiction).
* Consent not obtainable as per Danish legislation.
* Previously randomised in the DOPE-ICU feasibility trial.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT06709456
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06709456