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A trial looking at using ultrasound and biomarkers in treatment for pleural effusion (SIMPLE)

Overview

Cancer types:

All cancer types

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This trial was for people who had a pleural effusion caused by cancer. A pleural effusion is a build up of fluid in the space between the sheets of tissue that cover the outside of the lung and the lining of the chest cavity. These sheets of tissue are called the pleura.

SIMPLE diagram.

The trial was open for people to join between 2016 and 2019. The team published the results about ultrasound scans in 2022. And the results about in 2018.

Recruitment start: 1 January 2016

Recruitment end: 31 December 2019

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Najib Rahman

Supported by

European Respiratory Society

Marie Curie Cancer Care

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Slater & Gordon Research Fund

University of Oxford

Last reviewed: 2 September 2024

CRUK internal database number: 11773

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