EXPAREL or Lidocane as Local Anesthetic in Patients Undergoing Pleuroscopy With Pleural Biopsy and Indwelling Pleural Catheter Placement
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Official title
A Randomized Blinded Controlled Trial of EXPAREL vs 1% Lidocane as Local Anesthetic in Patients Undergoing Pleuroscopy With Pleural Biopsy and Indwelling Pleural Catheter Placement
Brief summary
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This phase II trial investigates the effect of EXPAREL compared to lidocane as a local anesthetic in patients who are undergoing pleuroscopy with pleural biopsy and indwelling pleural catheter placement. This trial aims to see whether EXPAREL or lidocane is able to make patients more comfortable.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05044468
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 80 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Lidocaine Drug
- Liposomal Bupivacaine Drug
- Questionnaire Administration Other
Drug · 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
- Mar 23, 2021 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2028 (Estimated)
- Completion
- May 31, 2028 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Oct 9, 2026
2021 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 9, 2026 · Synced Oct 31, 2026
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