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Pleural Effusion clinical trials

The registry lists 241 studies for Pleural Effusion across more than 10 countries. 50 are recruiting or about to start. 132 of them are mainly about Pleural Effusion (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10. Counting its narrower condition Pleural Effusion, Malignant too: 381 studies, 81 open.

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Status

Completed
128
Status unknown
42
Recruiting
31
Not yet recruiting
16
Terminated
11
Withdrawn
6

Phase

Phase 2
19
Phase 4
12
Phase 3
7
Phase 1
4
Early Phase 1
2

Where

United States
45
United Kingdom
18
Egypt
17
Italy
15
France
14
Denmark
13

Who runs them

Assiut University (14) · China-Japan Friendship Hospital (6) · Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (5) · National University of Malaysia (5) · University of Oxford (5) · Chinese University of Hong Kong (4) · Yale University (4) · Naestved Hospital (4)

What is being tested here

Drugs under test in Pleural Effusion studies, those with the most open studies first. Medicines only given beside them are not counted. How drugs are counted

DrugOpenPhase 3All
Lidocaine101
Tissue Plasminogen Activator003
Vandetanib002
Olvimulogene nanivacirepvec001
Arginine Vasopressin011
Platelet rich plasma001
Fibrin Tissue Adhesive001
Dasatinib001
Afatinib001
Nadofaragene firadenovec001

Drug classes tested here Thrombolytics 6 · Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) 3 · NSAIDs 3

Coming up

0phase 3 studies under way
18studies finish main data collection within a year

Studies recruiting or running, from their records. “Main data collection” ends at the primary completion date, the sponsor’s own estimate, which often moves.

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Who these studies take

Of the 31 Pleural Effusion studies recruiting now, 25 (81%) set no upper age limit and 2 (6%) stop at 75 or younger. 3 (10%) take children under 18. 0 (0%) are for women only and 0 (0%) for men only; 3 (10%) take healthy volunteers.

Recruiting studies that take each age, of 31
AgeWomenMen
103 (10%)3 (10%)
1828 (90%)28 (90%)
3029 (94%)29 (94%)
4029 (94%)29 (94%)
5029 (94%)29 (94%)
6529 (94%)29 (94%)
7529 (94%)29 (94%)
8527 (87%)27 (87%)

Across all 241 studies, recruiting or not: 12% stop at 75 or younger and 8% at 65; 16% take children; 1% are for women only and 0% for men only; 8% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.

How long Pleural Effusion studies take

Of 63 interventional studies with no phase under Pleural Effusion, half reached primary completion within 26 months of starting, counting those still running.

Start to primary completionEvery sponsorIndustryNon-industry
Interventional, no phase26 mo16–52 · 63 studies—29 mo17–52 · 61 studies
Observational26 mo15–48 · 35 studies——

Each figure is the month by which half the studies had reached primary completion, with the range in which the middle half did. Studies still running count until their last registry update; studies that stopped early are left out. Phase 1 includes early phase 1; observational means prospective or not stated, as retrospective and cross-sectional studies date a window of data rather than a study. How these figures are worked out

What changed recently

From the registry's own updates since Oct 13, 2026.

Newly registered2

Studies

Recruiting first, then most recently updated. Showing 50 of 241. Browse all 241 → or search them.