Clinical trial · Observational
The Added Value of CT Scanning in Patients With an Unilateral Pleural Effusion
The Added Value of CT Scanning for Discriminating Malignant From Non-malignant Causes in Patients With an Unilateral Pleural Effusion
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
To investigate the diagnostic power of computed tomography for discriminating malignant from nonmalignant causes to pleural effusions in consecutive patients with no malignant cells found at a cytological examination and a chest x-ray not suspicious of malignancy. The investigators hypothesised that the combination improves the chance of detecting the cause of the pleural effusion.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleural Effusion, Malignant | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computed tomography | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Specificity
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- TN / (TN+FP)
Secondary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Diagnostic accuracy
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- (TP+TN) / (TP+TN+FP+FN)
- measure
- Likelihood ratio +
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- LR+ = sensitivity / (1-specificity)
- measure
- Likelihood ratio -
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 16 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Thoracocentesis * Chest X-ray and * CT-scanning are performed Exclusion Criteria: * Lung cancer * Other thoracic malignancy
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