# Vacuum vs Manual Drainage During Unilateral Thoracentesis

> **NCT03496987** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Yale University** · enrollment: 100 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Diseases
- Thoracic Diseases

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Vacuum Bottle Drainage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03496987
- **Lead sponsor:** Yale University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-12-01
- **Primary completion:** 2017-09-30
- **Final completion:** 2018-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-14

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03496987

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03496987, "Vacuum vs Manual Drainage During Unilateral Thoracentesis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03496987. Licensed CC0.

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