# Palliative Care Outcomes in the Management of Malignant Ascites by Interventional Radiology

> **NCT02477657** · — · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine**

## Conditions studied

- Refractory Malignant Ascites

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Paracentesis
- **DEVICE:** Tunneled Intraperitoneal Drain (IPD)
- **DEVICE:** Peritoneal-Venous shunts (PVS)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02477657
- **Lead sponsor:** Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2021-07
- **Primary completion:** 2022-07
- **Final completion:** 2023-07
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Industry funding not received. No subjects enrolled.
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02477657

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02477657, "Palliative Care Outcomes in the Management of Malignant Ascites by Interventional Radiology". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02477657. Licensed CC0.

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