Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0199104505
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Whether hospital stay for pleurodesis with talc can be shortened by comparing 24 versus 72 h drainage whilst maintaining efficacy.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised open label trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Respiratory: Pleurodesis
Intervention
24 versus 72 h drainage
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Response to pleurodesis
2. Clinical response
3. Length of hospital stay
4. Complications
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/07/2001
Overall trial end date
30/04/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/07/2001
Recruitment end date
30/04/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Reading
RG30 1AG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16920219
Publication citations
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Results
Goodman A, Davies CW, Efficacy of short-term versus long-term chest tube drainage following talc slurry pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusions: a randomised trial., Lung Cancer, 2006, 54, 1, 51-55, doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.06.004.