# MesoTRAP: A Study Comparing Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Partial Pleurectomy/Decortication With Indwelling Pleural Catheter in Patients With Trapped Lung Due to Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

> **NCT03412357** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust** · enrollment: 23 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
- Trapped Lung

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** pleurectomy/decortication
- **PROCEDURE:** indwelling pleural catheter

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03412357
- **Lead sponsor:** Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-08-10
- **Primary completion:** 2020-03-31
- **Final completion:** 2020-08-01
- **Target enrollment:** 23 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-16

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03412357

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03412357, "MesoTRAP: A Study Comparing Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Partial Pleurectomy/Decortication With Indwelling Pleural Catheter in Patients With Trapped Lung Due to Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-31 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03412357. Licensed CC0.

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