# Gravity Versus Vacuum Based Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Drainage System

> **NCT03831386** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Johns Hopkins University** · enrollment: 200 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Vacuum-Based IPC
- **PROCEDURE:** Gravity-Based IPC

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03831386
- **Lead sponsor:** Johns Hopkins University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2019-01-31
- **Primary completion:** 2026-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2026-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 200 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-17

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03831386

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03831386, "Gravity Versus Vacuum Based Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Drainage System". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03831386. Licensed CC0.

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