NCT06275178

Medical Thoracoscopy for Diagnosing Unexplained Pleural Effusion: a National Multicenter Retrospective Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 5,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China-Japan Friendship Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a national multicenter retrospective study. Patients with unexplained pleural effusion who underwent thoracoscopic or video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy for patients in recent 10 years were retrospectively collected from multiple centers to understand the proportion and final etiological composition of pleural effusion in China.

Conditions

• Pleural Effusion
• Pleural Effusion, Malignant
• Fibrinous Pleuritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Medical thoracoscopy	The included particpants are the patients with unexplained pleural effusion who underwent thoracoscopic or video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-20
• Primary completion: 2024-12-24
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-02-23
• Last updated: 2024-02-23