Impact of Respiratory Physiotherapy in the Management of Infectious Pleural Effusion (FISIOPLEURA)

Hospital de Granollers

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infection; Pleural Diseases

Treatments: Other: Chest physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02359383

20133001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chest physiotherapy (CP) facilitates the absorption of fluid in the pleural cavity and reduces the formation of fibrous adhesions in patients with pleural infection, allowing a faster clinical, functional and radiological improve. The aim of the study is to determine if the CP associated with conventional medical treatment (CT) improves functional sequelae secondary to pleural infectious.

Full description

This is a multicenter, prospective and randomized trial. Objective: To determine if the Chest physiotherapy (CP) associated with conventional medical treatment (CT) improves functional sequelae secondary to pleural infectious disease, defined as an increased of 15% in Vital Functional Capacity (VFC). Adult patients with diagnosis of pleural infection will be included and randomized into two branches: control group - only CT and interventional one - CT plus CP.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of infectious pleural effusion
• Failure to meet any exclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

• Hemothorax.
• Malignant pleural effusion.
• Severe comorbidities (end-stage disease, neuromuscular diseases, etc)
• Previous ribcage and/or diaphragmatic pathology.
• Pregnancy.
• Previous respiratory rehabilitation program completed.
• Prior pleural pathology

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Chest Physiotherapy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional medical treatment plus Chest Physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Chest physiotherapy

Control grup

No Intervention group

Description:

Conventional medical treatment