# DRAIN: DRainage in Acute Decompensated Heart faIlure With Pleural effusioNs

> **NCT07419360** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Albany Medical College** · enrollment: 216 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Congestive Heart Failure(CHF)
- Pleural Effusion Due to Congestive Heart Failure

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Thoracentesis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07419360
- **Lead sponsor:** Albany Medical College
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-02-15
- **Primary completion:** 2029-02
- **Final completion:** 2029-06
- **Target enrollment:** 216 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07419360

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07419360, "DRAIN: DRainage in Acute Decompensated Heart faIlure With Pleural effusioNs". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07419360. Licensed CC0.

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