# Intrapleural Catheter Daily Versus Three Times a Week Drainage

> **NCT00761618** · PHASE2 · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **M.D. Anderson Cancer Center** · enrollment: 257 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Advanced Cancer
- Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Intrapleural catheter (IPC) drained
- **PROCEDURE:** IPC Placement
- **RADIATION:** Chest X-Ray

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00761618
- **Lead sponsor:** M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2008-08-22
- **Primary completion:** 2026-08-31
- **Final completion:** 2026-08-31
- **Target enrollment:** 257 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-16

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00761618

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00761618, "Intrapleural Catheter Daily Versus Three Times a Week Drainage". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00761618. Licensed CC0.

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