Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:53 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:53 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02623959
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Outpatients with MPE undergoing IPC placement
2. Age 18 or older
3. Sufficient mental capacity to answer SF-6D and Borg score questions.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients undergoing pleurodesis for benign disease (e.g., spontaneous pneumothorax)
2. Inability or unwillingness to give informed consent
3. Inability to perform phone call and clinical follow-up at MDACC
4. Previous intrapleural therapy for MPE on the same side
5. Chylous effusions associated with malignant disease
6. ECOG of 4 and life expectancy \</= 2 weeks
7. Doxycycline allergy
8. Contraindication to placement of an IPC (e.g., uncorrected coagulopathy)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02623959
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02623959