# Therapeutic Thoracentesis for Patients With Congestive Heart Failure and Large Pleural Effusion

> **NCT00629538** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Taipei Medical University Hospital** · enrollment: 20 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Congestive Heart Failure
- Transudative Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Therapeutic thoracentesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00629538
- **Lead sponsor:** Taipei Medical University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-03
- **Primary completion:** 2009-07
- **Final completion:** 2009-07
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2010-12-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00629538

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00629538, "Therapeutic Thoracentesis for Patients With Congestive Heart Failure and Large Pleural Effusion". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00629538. Licensed CC0.

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