# Comparing Active Versus Passive Aspiration in Therapeutic Thoracentesis: Efficacy, Procedure Time, and Patient Safety

> **NCT07184736** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Sheikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Active Manual Syringe Aspiration
- **PROCEDURE:** Passive Gravity Drainage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07184736
- **Lead sponsor:** Sheikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03-01
- **Final completion:** 2022-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07184736

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07184736, "Comparing Active Versus Passive Aspiration in Therapeutic Thoracentesis: Efficacy, Procedure Time, and Patient Safety". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07184736. Licensed CC0.

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