Impact of Patient Position on Chemical Pleurodesis by Chest Ultrasound

ConditionsEffect of Patient Rotation on Pleurodesis Success and Patient Comfort Malignant Pleural Effusion Pleurodesis

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

AgeNot listed

SponsorAin Shams University

About this trial

chemical pleurodesis using doxycycline is an acceptable and commonly employed palliation for malignant pleural effusion. Rotation of patient during pleurodesis using the powder from doxycycline capsule is still practiced in some centers. The benefit of rotation practice in pleurodesis can be verified after properly designed study on the outcome of pleurodesis with rotation and non-rotation by chest ultrasound assessment

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients who will be admitted at Chest department, Ain-Shams University Hospitals with malignant pleural effusions candidate for pleurodesis

Disqualifiers

Multiloculated fluid

Previous failed pleurodesis

Liver failure

Renal failure

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

side to side and front to back rotation 30 minutes each

Treatment groups

30 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Ain Shams University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov