MesoTRAP: A feasibility study comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy/decortication with indwelling pleural catheter in patients with trapped lung and pleural effusion due to malignant pleural mesothelioma designed to address recruitment and randomisation uncertainties and sample size requirements for a phase III trial.

Collaborative partners

• King's College London
• Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Collaborating partner) (lead)
• LSHTM London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Collaborating partner)
• University of Sheffield (Collaborating partner)
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Collaborating partner)
• North Bristol NHS Trust (Collaborating partner)
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Collaborating partner)
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Collaborating partner)