MesoTRAP: a feasibility study that includes a pilot clinical trial comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy decortication with indwelling pleural catheter in patients with trapped lung due to malignant pleural mesothelioma designed to address recruitment and randomisation uncertainties and sample size requirements for a phase III trial

<strong>Introduction</strong> One of the most debilitating symptoms of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is dyspnoea caused by pleural effusion. MPM can be complicated by the presence of tumour on the visceral pleura preventing the lung from re-expanding, known as trapped lung (TL). T...

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Main Authors: Matthews, C, Freeman, C, Sharples, L, Fox-Rushby, J, Tod, A, Maskell, N, Edwards, J, Coonar, A, Sivasothy, P, Hughes, V, Rahman, N, Waller, D, Rintoul, R
Format: Journal article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019