Impact of Aggressive Versus Standard Drainage Regimen Using a Long Term Indwelling Pleural Catheter
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Official title
Impact of Aggressive Versus Standard Drainage Regimen Using a Long Term Indwelling Pleural Catheter on the Incidence of Auto-Pleurodesis in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions
Brief summary
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Purpose and Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine if the rate of spontaneous pleurodesis using the Pleurx® catheter could be increased by simply increasing the frequency of pleural drainage and, if so, whether catheter-related complications can be minimized and spare patients the need for long term management of the Pleurx® catheter.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00978939
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 150 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 19 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
- Jul 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2013
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2013
- Last update posted
- Dec 29, 2013
2009 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 6
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 6
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Jewish Medical Center | Denver | Colorado | 80206 | — |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02215 | — |
| Lahey Clinic | Burlington | Massachusetts | 01805 | — |
| Duke University Medical Center | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132-4701 | — |
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- Last update posted Dec 29, 2013 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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