Protocol of the Australasian Malignant Pleural Effusion-2 (AMPLE-2) trial: A multicentre randomised study of aggressive versus symptom-guided drainage via indwelling pleural catheters

Introduction: Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) can complicate most cancers, causing dyspnoea and impairing quality of life (QoL). Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are a novel management approach allowing ambulatory fluid drainage and are increasingly used as an alternative to pleurodesis. IPC d...

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Main Authors: Azzopardi, M., Thomas, R., Muruganandan, S., Lam, D., Garske, L., Kwan, B., Rashid Ali, M., Nguyen, P., Yap, E., Horwood, F., Ritchie, A., Bint, M., Tobin, C., Shrestha, R., Piccolo, F., De Chaneet, C., Creaney, J., Newton, R., Hendrie, Delia, Murray, K., Read, C., Feller-Kopman, D., Maskell, N., Gary Lee, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BM J Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9839