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A Comparative Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Face Talc Slurry and Iodopovidone for Pleurodesis

NCT00430664 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2007-02-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pleurodesis is a technique used to fuse the two layers of the lining over the lung. This is done to get rid of collections of fluid or air in this space. A common reason would be cancer of the underlying lung or elsewhere causing fluid to collect in the pleural space. In this situation it is a palliative procedure to free the patient from symptoms like breathlessness.

Conditions

  • Malignant Pleural Effusions
  • Recurrent Pleural Effusions
  • Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
  • Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Pleurodesis with either talc or iodopovidone

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dheeraj Gupta, MD, DM, FCCP · Additional Professor, Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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