NCT05372055

Malignant Pleural Effusions: Evaluating the psYchosocial Impact of Indwelling Pleural Catheters on Patients

Malignant Pleural Effusions: Evaluating the psYchosocial Impact of Indwelling Pleural Catheters on Patients (MY-IPC)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

After being informed about the study, all patients giving written informed consent will undergo a baseline assessment including disease and social characteristics on the day of their Indwelling Pleural Catheter (IPC) insertion. At 2 weeks and 6-8 weeks post insertion, they will be contacted via telephone for a semi-structured interview focusing on the psychosocial impact that the IPC has had on their lives. Data surrounding the medical care of the IPC will also be collected.

Conditions

• Malignant Pleural Effusion
• Indwelling Pleural Catheter

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Semi-structure interviews	Semi-structured interview focusing on psychosocial impact of living with an IPC to be performed at 2 weeks and 6-8 weeks post IPC insertion

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-09
• Primary completion: 2023-05-08
• Completion: 2023-05-08
• First posted: 2022-05-12
• Last updated: 2023-06-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom