Autopsy report · NCT01973985

Using Ultrasound to Predict the Results of Draining Pleural Effusions

“Difficult to recruit to due to conflicting trials recruiting similar participants.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 9 months before it started.
• Ran for about 2 years 9 months before it stopped.
• 2 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

University of Oxford

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Pleural Effusion

Interventions

Pleural Manometry; Thoracic ultrasonography; Pleural aspiration catheter OR chest drain (standard care); Talc slurry pleurodesis via chest drain (standard care)

Participants

2

Sites

1

Countries

United Kingdom

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.