# Impact of Pleural Manometry on Chest Discomfort After Therapeutic Thoracentesis

> **NCT02677883** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center** · enrollment: 89 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Manometry-guided thoracentesis
- **OTHER:** Symptom-guided thoracentesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02677883
- **Lead sponsor:** Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-01
- **Primary completion:** 2017-10-26
- **Final completion:** 2019-03-08
- **Target enrollment:** 89 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-09-26

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02677883

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02677883, "Impact of Pleural Manometry on Chest Discomfort After Therapeutic Thoracentesis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02677883. Licensed CC0.

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