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Tunneled Pleural Catheter in Partially Entrapped Lung

NCT00637676 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-09-02

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Summary

An open randomized, prospective, single center; parallel group trial to compare efficiency and safety of PleurX-Pleural Catheter versus standard surgical treatment in patients with malignant pleural effusion and partial entrapment of the lung.

Conditions

  • Malignant Pleural Effusion

Interventions

PROCEDURE

VATS, Talc-Pleurodesis, tunneled pleural drainage

poudrage of 4 gr talc into the pleural cavity implantation of tunneled pleural catheter

PROCEDURE

VATS, Talc-pleurodesis

poudrage of 4 gr. talc into the pleural cavity no tunneled pleural catheter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans Hoffmann, MD, PhD · Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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