Intrapleural Catheter Daily Versus Three Times a Week Drainage
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Official title
Effectiveness of Daily Versus Three Times a Week Drainage After Placement of Intrapleural Catheters for the Palliative Management of Pleural Effusions Associated With Malignancies
Brief summary
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The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if draining the IPC every day is better at than draining it 3 times a week.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00761618
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 257 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Intrapleural catheter (IPC) drained Procedure
- IPC Placement Procedure
- Chest X-Ray Radiation
Procedure · Radiation
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 21, 2008
- Primary completion
- Aug 30, 2026
- Completion
- Aug 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Apr 15, 2026
2008 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 15, 2026 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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