Randomised clinical trial: palliative long-term abdominal drains vs large-volume paracentesis in refractory ascites due to cirrhosis.

Lucia MackenStephen BremnerHeather GageMorro TourayPeter WilliamsDavid CrookLouise MasonDebbie LambertCatherine J EvansMax CooperJean TimeyinShani SteerMark AustinNick ParnellSam J ThomsonDavid SheridanMark WrightPeter IsaacsAhmed HashimSumita Verma

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2020)

ISRCTN30697116, date assigned: 07/10/2015.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
open label
double blind
phase ii
study protocol
palliative care
cell free
phase iii
advanced cancer
placebo controlled