Rapid On Site Evaluation of Pleural Touch Preparations in Diagnosing Malignant Pleural Effusion in Patients Undergoing Pleuroscopy
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Official title
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Diagnostic Performance of Pleural Touch Preparations in Pleuroscopy, a Prospective Study
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03868579
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Other
- Enrollment
- 97 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Biopsy Procedure
- Medical Chart Review Other
- Thoracoscopy Procedure
Procedure · Other
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 9, 2018
- Primary completion
- Feb 26, 2025
- Completion
- Feb 26, 2025
- Last update posted
- Mar 4, 2025
2018 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Mar 4, 2025 · Synced Jul 22, 2026
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