U.S., Feb. 20 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07419360) titled 'DRAIN: DRainage in Acute Decompensated Heart faIlure With Pleural effusioNs' on Jan. 28.
Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to assess if removal of fluid around the lungs (pleural effusion) by a routine procedure called as thoracentesis is helpful to decrease shortness of breath in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure and have pleural effusion.
Researchers will compare thoracentesis with medical therapy to medical therapy alone to see if one treatment is superior to the other treatment in relieving shortness of breath.
Participants will :
1. Receive medical therapy with or without thoracentesis
2. Record deg...