Talc in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Metastatic Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Talc may relieve malignant pleural effusion. It is not yet known whether wet talc is more effective than dry talc in treating patients with malignant pleural effusion. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of wet talc with dry talc in treating patients with malignant pleural effusion.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00002622
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 501
- Starts
- 1994-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2006-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-06-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Huntsville Hospital System — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Urology Associates - Mobile AL — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- MBCCOP - University of South Alabama — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Alabama Oncology, LLC — Montgomery, Alabama, United States
- Radiation Oncology Associates of West Alabama — Tuscallosa, Alabama, United States
- Providence Cancer Therapy Center — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Cancer Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank — Burbank, California, United States
- Mount Diablo Medical Center — Concord, California, United States
- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope — Duarte, California, United States
- California Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
- Saint Agnes Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
- Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center — Glendale, California, United States
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group — Greenbrae, California, United States
- Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez — Martinez, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Cancer Care Center — Pomona, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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