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Clinical trialNCT05620329RecruitingObservational

UNC Pleural Fluid Registry

SponsorUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterEnrollment9,999Breast CancerEmpyemaLung CancerLung InfectionMalignant Pleural Effusion
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Summary

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Research with biospecimens such as blood, tissue, or body fluids can help researchers understand how the human body works. Researchers can make new tests to find diseases, understand how treatments work, or find new ways to treat a disease. The purpose of this study is to collect biospecimens for research from patients with known or suspected lung cancer. The information learned from the biospecimens may be used in future treatments. The purpose of this protocol is to create a pleural fluid registry for use in future studies.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Unc Lingeberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

    Jason Akulian, MD
    Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
24 Jan 2018
Primary completion
24 Jan 2050
Completion
24 Jan 2050
Last update posted
16 Oct 2025
Registered enrollment
9,999
Registry id
NCT05620329
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.