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Retrospective survey for factors predicting the outcome of medical thoracoscopy
Retrospective survey for factors predicting the outcome of medical thoracoscopy in patients with malignant pleuritis
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| responders | amelioration of dyspnea radiological amelioration after sterile talc pleurodesis |
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| failed intervention | unchanged symptoms and radiology after sterile talc pleurodesis |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sterile talc pleurodesis | Drug | medical thoracoscopy and talc pleurodesis. No specific device is studied. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Chest X-ray | radiological resolution of pleuritis; 3 level severity grading (A, B, C, with C as worst grade) | 3 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| time interval | survival in months | 12 months |
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pulmonary or extrathoracic malignancy
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jonas Yserbyt | UZ Leuven | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| UZ Leuven | Leuven | 3000 | Belgium |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010998 | Pleurisy |
| ID | Term |
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| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D010995 | Pleural Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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