Gravity- Versus Suction-driven Large Volume Thoracentesis
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Official title
Gravity- Versus Suction-driven Large Volume Thoracentesis: a Randomized Controlled Study
Brief summary
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Thoracentesis is a very common procedure, rarely associated with severe complications. One relatively common complication is chest discomfort, which is most of the time felt to be secondary to negative pleural pressures generated during the procedure. While most proceduralists use suction to drain the pleural fluid, some drain effusions by gravity only. The investigators propose to evaluate whether gravity-driven thoracentesis results in less discomfort for patients than suction-drive thoracentesis.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03591952
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 138 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Suction-Driven Thoracentesis Procedure
- Gravity-Driven Thoracentesis Procedure
Procedure
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
- Jul 31, 2018
- Primary completion
- Apr 4, 2019
- Completion
- Sep 11, 2019
- Last update posted
- Mar 13, 2022
2018 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 13, 2022 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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