A Retrospective Study of the Relationship Between Chest Tube Placement and Pleurodesis Success

A Retrospective Study of the Relationship Between Chest Tube Placement and Pleurodesis Success - A Retrospective Study of the Relationship Between Chest Tube Placement and Pleurodesis Success

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000061540

Enrollment

200

Registered

2026-05-12

Start date

2025-09-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Malignant pleural effision

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The patients who underwent talc slurry-based pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion between April 2015 and December 2024.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients were excluded if they: (1) had previously undergone chemical pleurodesis on the ipsilateral thorax; (2) underwent prophylactic pleurodesis (it means they were asymptomatic and had pleural fluid confined below the dome of the diaphragm); (3) had a radiologically significant (>25%) non-expandable lung; (4) did not undergo lateral chest X-ray assessment, and therefore the chest tube position was unknown; (5) developed empyema during the treatment; (6) underwent repeat pleurodesis before the chest tube removal; (7) did not undergo any radiological assessment beyond 1 week after pleurodesis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The success rate of pleurodesis	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMegumi Nishikubo

Hyogo Cancer Center Division of Chest Surgery

megumis0512@gmail.com+81-78-929-1151

Outcome results