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Endobronchial Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis

NCT00373555 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2008-10-02

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Summary

Sarcoidosis is a benign, inflammatory condition which will typically involve the lungs and lymph glands in the chest. Diagnosis is often confirmed with bronchoscopic biopsy. A new method of performing bronchoscopic biopsy of lymph glands in the chest has now been developed which uses real-time endobronchial ultrasonography to better locate the lymph glands. While this technique has been proven to be effective in the diagnosis and staging of lung malignancy, its sensitivity for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis is unclear as smaller samples are obtained compared to the standard approach. This study will aim to randomize 50 patients with a clinical suspicion of sarcoidosis to standard biopsy vs. endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy of the mediastinal lymph glands in order to compare the sensitivity of these tests for sarcoidosis.

Conditions

  • Sarcoidosis
  • Mediastinal Diseases

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bronchoscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Calgary

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alain Tremblay, MDCM · University of Calgary

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-09-30
Completion
2008-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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