UNC Pleural Fluid Registry
Recruiting now
Conditions studied: Lung Cancer, Lung Infection, Breast Cancer, Malignant Pleural Effusion, Empyema
In brief
Research with biospecimens such as blood, tissue, or body fluids can help researchers understand how the human body works. Researchers can make new tests to find diseases, understand how treatments work, or find new ways to treat a disease. The purpose of this study is to collect biospecimens for research from patients with known or suspected lung cancer. The information learned from the biospecimens may be used in future treatments. The purpose of this protocol is to create a pleural fluid registry for use in future studies.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05620329
- Run by
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- People needed
- 9999
- Starts
- 2018-01-24
- Expected to finish
- 2050-01-24
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-10-16
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients who are 18 years or older
- Inpatients and outpatients
- Diagnosed with pleural fluid, are referred for and undergo clinically indicated drainage who have clinical evidence of:
- pulmonary infection (such as fever, leukocytosis, new or worsening infiltrate on chest x-ray, or clinical deterioration) with effusion
- malignancy
You may not qualify if…
- A subject will not be eligible for inclusion in this registry if, in the investigator's (or treating clinician's) opinion, the patient has any concurrent medical condition that may preclude their ability to undergo pleural fluid drainage safely.
- Incarcerated individuals
Where it is running
- UNC Lingeberger Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)
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