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NIVATS Versus IGAVATS: a Pilot Trial Addressing Biopsy Quality in Undetermined Interstitial Lung Diseases
Led by University Hospital, Montpellier · Updated on 2026-04-02
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
182 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University Hospital, Montpellier
Lead Sponsor
G
Grace Asso (Groupe francophone de Réhabilitation Améliorée après Chirurgie)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The main objective of this study is to compare two independent groups of patients requiring lung biopsy for undetermined interstitial lung disease (ILD) in terms of diagnostic confidence as determined by histologists.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
NIVATS Versus IGAVATS: a Pilot Trial Addressing Biopsy Quality in Undetermined Interstitial Lung Diseases
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patient with purported interstitial lung disease
- Patient requiring a surgical lung biopsy to reinforce diagnosis according to current recommendations and validated by a multidisciplinary assessment
- Minimum age: 18 years
You will not qualify if you...
- Contra-indication for surgery
- Uncontrolled oesophageal gastric reflux despite optimal treatment
- Thoracic deformation (e.g., pectus excavatum/carinatum or major scoliosis)
- Risk of pleural adhesion (e.g., previous thoracic surgery)
- History of abnormal bleeding
- Predictable risk of difficult intubation
- Body mass index (BMI) > 30
- Severe cardiovascular comorbidity (e.g., unstable ischemic cardiomyopathy)
- Unable to comply with all trial procedures/visits (e.g., language barriers, upcoming move, unwillingness to follow-up)
- Protected populations as per French Public Health Code (e.g., pregnant, lactating women, prisoners, adults under guardianship)
- Participation in another interventional study within the past month or exclusion period
- Non-beneficiary of the French national medical insurance system
- Lack of signed informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Département d'Anesthésie et Réanimation Cardiothoracique - CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve
Montpellier, France
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
T
Timothée JOUITTEAU, Doctor
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Number of Arms
2
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