Gravity Versus Vacuum Based Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Drainage System

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2019

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2026

Conditions
Pleural Effusion
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Vacuum-Based IPC

An indwelling pleural catheter is placed inside the chest cavity to drain fluid from around the lungs. One end remains inside the body while the other drains via suction.

PROCEDURE

Gravity-Based IPC

An indwelling pleural catheter is placed inside the chest cavity to drain fluid from around the lungs. One end remains inside the body while the other drains via gravity.

Trial Locations (6)

21287

RECRUITING

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

29425

RECRUITING

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

37232

RECRUITING

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

60005

RECRUITING

Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights

98104

RECRUITING

Swedish Medical Center, Seattle

Unknown

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

University of Oxford, Oxford

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Rocket Medical plc

OTHER

collaborator

Swedish Medical Center

OTHER

collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

collaborator

University of Oxford

OTHER

collaborator

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

OTHER

collaborator

Northwest Community Healthcare

UNKNOWN

lead

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER