Video-Assisted Surgery or Talc Pleurodesis in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma
Condition Malignant Mesothelioma|Metastatic Cancer Estimated Enrollment: 196 Age Group: 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) Gender: All Study Type: Interventional Study Design Allocation: Allocation: Randomized|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment|Masking: Open Label|Primary Purpose: Treatment Study ID Numbers: P00804|PAPWORTH-MESOVATS|PAPWORTH-P00804|EU-20901|ISRCTN34321019 Study First Received: January 13, 2009 Last Updated: June 27, 2013 Estimated Primary Completion Date: February 2013 Primary Outcome Measures: Survival at 1 year after treatment|Control of pleural effusion|Complications, including need for more surgery, persistent air leak requiring pleural intubation for > 10 days, and hospital stay for > 12 days|Symptoms and quality of life as assessed by the EuroQol questionnaire|Length of hospital stay|Exercise tolerance|Cost to the health service, in terms of resources used for...
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