Clinical trial · Observational
The Value of PET-CT in Pleural Effusions
The Diagnostic Power of 18F-FDG PET-CT Scanning for Discriminating Malignant From Non-malignant Causes in Unilateral Pleural Effusions
NCT03272997CI-TRIAL-00048911completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
The investigators aim is to asses the diagnostic power of 18F-FDG PET-CT in discriminating malignant from nonmalignant causes in patients with a recurrent unilateral pleural effusion of unknown origin.
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 (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Sensitivity PET-CT
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- TP / (TP + FN)
Secondary outcomes (14)
- measure
- CT-Specificity
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- TN / (TN+FP)
- measure
- PET-CT-Specificity
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- TN / (TN+FP)
- measure
- CT-Sensitivity
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 16 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Thoracocentesis * Chest X-ray * CT scanning * PET-CT scanning Exclusion Criteria: * Missing data * Lung cancer * Thoracic malignancies
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