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Pleural Effusion: early-phase trial registry
3 of 7 indexed Pleural Effusion trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
7 US clinical trials · 3 currently recruiting · #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Pleural Effusion: 7 US clinical trials tracked, 3 recruiting.
Pleural Effusion is the subject of 7 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 3 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Pleural Dynamics, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition pleural-effusion
OPEN 3 | RECR 43% | LATE 0 | EARLY 1 | RANK #2497 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Adrenoleukodystrophy (43% recruiting · 7 trials)
Pleural Effusion lists 3 open slots (43% of 7 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →
Key findings
What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Pleural Effusion on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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Pleural Effusion is recruiting below its size-band peers.
3 of 7 indexed trials (42.9%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
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Sponsorship of Pleural Effusion trials is spread across many organizations.
Pleural Dynamics accounts for 1 of 7 trials (14.3%). 7 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Pleural Effusion enrolment sits around 200 participants.
Median target enrolment is 200 among the 7 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 3 of those (42.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Pleural Effusion research is mostly interventional.
7 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
7 total, page 1 of 1
Clinical Utility of Portable Dynamic Chest X Ray (DDR) in the ICU
Brigham and Women's Hospital
NCT06538376
Gravity Versus Vacuum Based Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Drainage System
Johns Hopkins University
NCT03831386
Pleuroscopy First Versus Thoracentesis First in Patients With Suspected Malignant Pleural Effusions
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NCT06892691
Intrapleural Catheter Daily Versus Three Times a Week Drainage
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
NCT00761618
The ACES Study for Aseptic Pleural Effusion
Pleural Dynamics
NCT06210685
Drainage Amount for Removal of Thoracostomy Tube
University of California, Davis
NCT00575198
Impact of Pleural Manometry on Chest Discomfort After Therapeutic Thoracentesis
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
NCT02677883
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Pleural Effusion records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Pleural Effusion trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Pleural Effusion page
7 registered trials, 3 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 3 Pleural Effusion trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Pleural Dynamics sponsors the most Pleural Effusion trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Pleural Dynamics's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.
Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Pleural Effusion condition card totals 7 registered trials; most-linked intervention Drainage <2 mL/kg; top US site state Tennessee. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.