100
Participants
Start Date
August 1, 2015
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2020
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2021
Doxycycline
500 mg of doxycycline will be dissolved in 50 ml of normal saline. The combination will then be instilled through the chest tube in the pleural cavity and the chest tube drain will be clamped for 4 hours.
Iodopovidine
20 ml of 10% betadine (Microshield, Johnson and Johnson, Solan, India) will be dissolved in 80 mL of normal saline. The combination will then be instilled through the chest tube in the pleural cavity and the chest tube drain will be clamped for 4 hours.
Bronchoscopy suite, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
OTHER