NCT06946498Recruiting
First Local Anaesthesia Thoracoscopy for Pleural Effusion Diagnosis.
Local Anesthesia Thoracoscopy as a First Line Approach in the Diagnosis of Suspected Malignant Pleural Effusion: FLAT Trial.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Apr 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Non randomized study with two groups. The study group includes patients with suspected malignant pleural effusion, in whom the investigation of pleural effusion begins directly with pleural biopsy by Local Anesthesia Thoracoscopy (LAT). The Control Group includes patients who come to the same hospital and are treated with the Standard of Care (SOC) strategies were used. Efficacy of LAT, Sensitivity, Hospitalization, time to diagnosis and general safety and comfort of the groups' subjects will be assessed.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 23 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Diseases
- Mesothelioma, Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06946498
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 100
- From 23 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Acute respiratory failure and/or Hypercapnia.
Other
- Empyema
- Transudate pleural effusion.
- Central airway obstruction by tumor.
- Existence of extensive adhesions that do not allow the development of iatrogenic pneumothorax and the safe entry of the thoracoscope.
- Uncontrollable cough.
- Performance Status: 5
Who the study is looking for
- Undiagnosed pleural effusion with the character of a lymphocytic exudate
Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sotiria General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Recruiting |
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