Clinical trials: Indwelling Pleural Catheter
Indwelling Pleural Catheter
Indwelling Pleural Catheters: a Self-management Intervention
A pleural effusion is a build-up of fluid around the lung. In the UK, about quarter of a million people develop a pleural effusion each year. They are usually caused by advanced cancer or heart, kidney, or liver failure.
- Trial name
- PACMAN (NCT06910800)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Malignant Pleural Effusion, Indwelling Pleural Catheter
Malignant Pleural Effusions: Evaluating the psYchosocial Impact of Indwelling Pleural Catheters on Patients
The purpose of this study is to better understand the impact that Indwelling Pleural Catheters have on patients with malignant pleural effusions from a psychosocial point of view.
- Trial name
- MY-IPC (NCT05372055)
- Testing
- Semi-structure interviews
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust