# Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) - Surgical Pleurodesis vs Tube Drainage in Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE)

> **NCT05872126** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Assiut University** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Thoracic Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** VATS-Surgical pleurodesis
- **PROCEDURE:** Tube Drainage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05872126
- **Lead sponsor:** Assiut University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2023-04-01
- **Primary completion:** 2025-03-31
- **Final completion:** 2025-04-30
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-24


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05872126

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05872126, "Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) - Surgical Pleurodesis vs Tube Drainage in Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-09-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05872126. Licensed CC0.

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