Status:
COMPLETED
Image-Guided Pleural Needle Biopsy in Pleural Diseases
Lead Sponsor:
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Conditions:
Biopsy
Diagnosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In recent observational studies show that ultrasound guidance generally increases the success of pleural needle biopsies, it has been shown that the diagnostic success of needle biopsies is compromise...
Detailed Description
AIM A significant proportion of the most common exudative pleural effusions, approximately 40-50%, remain undiagnosed despite repeated thoracentesis and associated diagnostic procedures, including cyt...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Evidence of exudative pleural effusion for which a specific diagnosis could not be established by clinical, radiological, laboratory, and cytological examination
- Patients who do not have a high risk of side effects or contraindications for the procedures in question (without bleeding diathesis, who can be positioned appropriately for the biopsy procedure)
- Willingness to participate in the study
- Willingness to undergo an invasive procedure
- Willingness to undergo written consent for randomization and participation in the study.
Exclusion
- Presence of parapneumonic effusion
- Patients with consciousness problems
- Any contraindication to pleural biopsy (patients with pathology in the chest wall biopsy site (infection) that would preclude biopsy, patients who are taking blood thinners (anticoagulants/antiaggregants) and cannot be interrupted for the procedure to be performed or can be interrupted by bridging with another blood thinner.)
- Any other systemic disease that could interfere with thoracic computed tomography or ultrasonography assessment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 11 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 2 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
148 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06541470
Start Date
February 11 2021
End Date
June 2 2024
Last Update
August 7 2024
Active Locations (5)
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1
ESOGU Medical Faculty Department of Chest Diseases
Eskişehir, Meselik - Eskisehir, Turkey (Türkiye), 26040
2
Muzaffer Metintas
Eskişehir, Meselik, Turkey (Türkiye), 26040
3
Selma Metintas
Eskişehir, Meselik, Turkey (Türkiye), 26040
4
ESOGU Lung and Pleural Cancers Clinical and Research Center
Eskişehir, Meselik, Turkey (Türkiye), 26220