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UNC Pleural Fluid Registry

Description

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.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

University of North Carolina Pleural Fluid Registry

UNC Pleural Fluid Registry

Condition
Lung Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chapel Hill

UNC Lingeberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients who are 18 years or older
  • * Inpatients and outpatients
  • * Diagnosed with pleural fluid, are referred for and undergo clinically indicated drainage who have clinical evidence of:
  • * pulmonary infection (such as fever, leukocytosis, new or worsening infiltrate on chest x-ray, or clinical deterioration) with effusion
  • * malignancy
  • * A subject will not be eligible for inclusion in this registry if, in the investigator's (or treating clinician's) opinion, the patient has any concurrent medical condition that may preclude their ability to undergo pleural fluid drainage safely.
  • * Incarcerated individuals

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,

Jason Akulian, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2050-01-24