# Talc Pleurodesis in Patients With Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusion

> **NCT00789087** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Sao Paulo** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusion.

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Videothoracoscopic talc poudrage (VT).
- **PROCEDURE:** Talc slurry through a chest tube (DT).

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00789087
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Sao Paulo
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-01
- **Primary completion:** 2008-01
- **Final completion:** 2008-01
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-11-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00789087

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00789087, "Talc Pleurodesis in Patients With Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusion". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00789087. Licensed CC0.

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