# Tunneled Pleural Catheter in Partially Entrapped Lung

> **NCT00637676** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Heidelberg University** · enrollment: 50 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Malignant Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** VATS, Talc-Pleurodesis, tunneled pleural drainage
- **PROCEDURE:** VATS, Talc-pleurodesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00637676
- **Lead sponsor:** Heidelberg University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-07
- **Primary completion:** 2011-06
- **Final completion:** 2011-09
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00637676

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00637676, "Tunneled Pleural Catheter in Partially Entrapped Lung". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00637676. Licensed CC0.

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