Betadine Pleurodesis Via Tunneled Pleural Catheters

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2021-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether betadine (povidone-iodine) instillation during routine indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter (TPC) placement is efficacious in promoting pleurodesis and thus reducing the time to TPC removal.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Yale University
• Treatments: Cadexomer iodine; Iodine; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Requiring Tunneled Catheter Placement for a Pleural Effusion

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with a nonexpandable lung

• Non-english speaker