A randomized trial comparing longstanding indwelling pleural catheters with pleurodesis as a frontline treatment for malignant pleural effusion.

A final report will be prepared for publication in peer reviewed journals.
Authorship will include investigators who have recruited at least 10% of the total number of evaluable patients and investigators who participated significantly to the translational research.
The authors sequence should usually reflect the input (like the number of evaluable patients enrolled) of/by the respective investigator.
Draft versions of abstracts or manuscripts must be made available to the co-authors before any presentation of results or submission for publication.