# OnCo record indwelling-pleural-catheters (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/indwelling-pleural-catheters/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "indwelling-pleural-catheters" ;
  schema:name "Indwelling pleural catheters for malignant pleural effusion (PleurX, Rocket, Aspira, Passio)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Indwelling pleural catheter"@en, "IPC"@en, "Tunnelled pleural catheter"@en, "PleurX"@en, "Rocket IPC"@en, "Aspira"@en, "Passio"@en ;
  schema:description "A soft tube tunnelled under the skin into the chest, left in place so fluid that keeps building up around the lung can be drained at home, easing breathlessness without repeated hospital visits."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/indwelling-pleural-catheters/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPCD/classification.cfm?ID=DWM>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K163321>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K212696>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K201404>, <https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.5535>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/htg465> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "devices-gaps-2026-11" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/mesothelioma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/indwelling-peritoneal-catheters/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/pleural-and-peritoneal-shunts/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/malignant-pleural-effusion/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/pleurodesis/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/pleural-effusion/> ;
  onco:trials <https://onco.cc/trials/time2/> .