Gravity Versus Vacuum Based Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Drainage System
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03831386. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
The Impact of a Gravity Versus Vacuum Based Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Drainage System on Pain: A Multicenter, Randomized Trial
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03831386
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Other
- Enrollment
- 200 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Vacuum-Based IPC Procedure
- Gravity-Based IPC 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
- Jan 30, 2019
- Primary completion
- Dec 30, 2026
- Completion
- Dec 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Dec 16, 2025
2019 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Community Healthcare | Arlington Heights | Illinois | 60005 | Recruiting |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | Recruiting |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | Recruiting |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | Recruiting |
| Swedish Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | Recruiting |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03831386, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- 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 Dec 16, 2025 · Synced Jul 22, 2026
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