# First Local Anaesthesia Thoracoscopy for Pleural Effusion Diagnosis.

> **NCT06946498** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **National and Kapodistrian University of Athens** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Suspected Malignant Lung Neoplasm
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Mesothelioma, Malignant

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Local Anesthesia Thoracoscopy
- **DEVICE:** Pleuroscopy with Rigid Thoracoscope and Forceps biopsies

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06946498
- **Lead sponsor:** National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2023-05-23
- **Primary completion:** 2025-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2026-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-27

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06946498

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06946498, "First Local Anaesthesia Thoracoscopy for Pleural Effusion Diagnosis.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06946498. Licensed CC0.

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