Clinical trial

Standard Chest Tube Compared With a Small Catheter in Treating Malignant Pleural…

NCT00042770 · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Other · Completed

Key facts

NCT number NCT00042770
Title Standard Chest Tube Compared With a Small Catheter in Treating Malignant Pleural Effusion in Patients With Cancer
Official title Phase III Comparison of Catheter Based Therapy of Pleural Effusions in Cancer Patients (Optimal Pleural Effusion Control, OPEC)
Lead sponsor Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Other
Collaborators National Cancer Institute (NCI) NIH
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
Study type Interventional
Conditions Metastatic Cancer, Pulmonary Complications
Intervention type Other, Procedure
Interventions talc, dyspnea management
Enrollment 67
Start date May 1, 2002
Primary completion Feb 1, 2005
Completion Feb 1, 2008
First posted Jan 27, 2003
Last update posted Jul 4, 2016
Countries United States

At a glance

  • 1–9 Study sites
  • No Results posted
  • None Linked FDA submissions

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