Respiratory failure & ventilation
Drainage of Pleural Effusion in the Intensive Care Unit ( DOPE ‐ Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ) Feasibility Trial—Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Study context
- Population
- Adults acutely admitted to the ICU with pleural effusion ≥ 2 cm and respiratory failureplanned, 1:1
- Participants
- 88 participants
- Planned comparison
- Pleural drainage vs No drainage
- Primary endpoint
- Feasibility: group separation, i.e., proportion of patients receiving pleural drainage in ICU
- Follow-up
- 90 days
Methodological detailsinvestigator-initiated, pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, parallel-group, Analysis in the ITT population using generalised linear models adjusted for trial site
- Investigator-initiated
- Pragmatic
- Multicentre
- Open-label
- Parallel-group
- Analysis in the ITT population using generalised linear models adjusted for trial site
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Original publication
Drainage of Pleural Effusion in the Intensive Care Unit ( DOPE ‐ ICU ) Feasibility Trial—Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 8 April 2026. doi:10.
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