Clinical Trial: Transthoracic Drainage of Lung Abscesses. A National Randomized Trial.

U.S., Nov. 26 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07247461) titled 'Transthoracic Drainage of Lung Abscesses. A National Randomized Trial.' on Oct. 01.

Brief Summary: This study aims to investigate if early drainage of lung abscesses, in addition to standard antibiotic treatment, leads to shorter length of hospital stay.

Study Design

This is a randomized, controlled clinical trial. That means participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:

1. Drainage group: Receives a chest tube (drain) inserted through the chest wall into the abscess in combination with standard intravenous antibiotics.

2. Control group: Receives standard intravenous antibiotics only

Each participant has a 50/50 ...