# Ultrasound-guided Biopsy of the Pleura as a Supplement to Extraction of Fluid in Patients With One-sided Fluid in the Pleura

> **NCT04236037** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Naestved Hospital** · enrollment: 5 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Exudative Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy
- **PROCEDURE:** Thoracentesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04236037
- **Lead sponsor:** Naestved Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2019-11-11
- **Primary completion:** 2020-09-23
- **Final completion:** 2020-09-23
- **Target enrollment:** 5 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** It is unrealistic to succeed with sufficient inclusion within the timeframe of the study, why it is terminated.
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04236037

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04236037, "Ultrasound-guided Biopsy of the Pleura as a Supplement to Extraction of Fluid in Patients With One-sided Fluid in the Pleura". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04236037. Licensed CC0.

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