Pleurodesis method	Estimated rank (95% Cr‐I)
C. parvum	2 (1, 6)
Viscum	2 (1, 11)
Talc poudrage	3 (1, 6)
Doxycycline	4 (1, 13)
Talc slurry	5 (3, 8)
Mepacrine	5 (2, 9)
Iodine	7 (2, 12)
Adriamycin	8 (1, 16)
Bleomycin	9 (6, 12)
Tetracycline	10 (7, 13)
Indwelling pleural catheter	10 (6, 15)
Mustine	12 (7, 16)
Triethylenethoiphosphoramide	12 (5, 16)
Interferon	13 (8, 16)
Mitoxantrone	14 (11, 16)
Placebo	15 (12, 16)