Mesothelioma Trials: Video-Assisted Surgery or Talc Pleurodesis

Please note: This 2009 clinical trial profile is provided for informational purposes only. In order to obtain more details about this trial, contact the participating healthcare facilities listed at the bottom of this page.

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The National Cancer Institute is currently seeking participants for a Phase III clinical trial involving video-assisted surgery to see how well it works compared with talc pleurodesis in treating malignant mesothelioma.

Patients selected to participate in the study will undergo either a video-assisted pleurectomy or a talc pleurodesis.

At this time, the study is only being conducted at five hospitals in England: Basildon University Hospital, Basildon; Glenfield Hospital in Leicester; Guy’s Hospital in London; Papworth Hospital in Cambridge and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. For more information, contact Robert Winter, M.D. at Papworth Hospital.

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