Trial Outcomes & Findings for Comparison of Two Needle Aspiration Techniques for Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) in Solid Pancreatic Lesions (NCT NCT01936467)

NCT ID: NCT01936467

Last Updated: 2017-04-13

Results Overview

Diagnostic yield is defined as percentage of specimens in which diagnostic material is obtained.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE3

Target enrollment

121 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

up to 6 months

Results posted on

2017-04-13

Participant Flow

Patients were enrolled between September 2013 and December 2014 in two tertiary academic centers

Patients were excluded from the study because a predominantly cystic lesion was found; the lack of an appreciable mass at EUS, unavailable on-site pathology and respiratory distress precluding completion of the examination

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Suction Technique
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Capillary Technique
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Overall Study
STARTED
60
61
Overall Study
COMPLETED
60
61
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Comparison of Two Needle Aspiration Techniques for Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) in Solid Pancreatic Lesions

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Suction Technique
n=60 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Capillary Technique
n=61 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Total
n=121 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
64.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.8 • n=99 Participants
64.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.8 • n=107 Participants
64.15 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.8 • n=206 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
28 Participants
n=99 Participants
23 Participants
n=107 Participants
51 Participants
n=206 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
32 Participants
n=99 Participants
38 Participants
n=107 Participants
70 Participants
n=206 Participants
Prior History
Chronic Pancreatitis
3 participants
n=99 Participants
2 participants
n=107 Participants
5 participants
n=206 Participants
Prior History
Chemotherapy
3 participants
n=99 Participants
1 participants
n=107 Participants
4 participants
n=206 Participants
Prior History
Radiation therapy
3 participants
n=99 Participants
3 participants
n=107 Participants
6 participants
n=206 Participants
Prior non-diagnostic FNA
7 participants
n=99 Participants
8 participants
n=107 Participants
15 participants
n=206 Participants
Antiplatelet therapy
6 participants
n=99 Participants
14 participants
n=107 Participants
20 participants
n=206 Participants
Pancreatic mass Location
Uncinate/Head
31 participants
n=99 Participants
42 participants
n=107 Participants
73 participants
n=206 Participants
Pancreatic mass Location
Neck
6 participants
n=99 Participants
1 participants
n=107 Participants
7 participants
n=206 Participants
Pancreatic mass Location
Body
14 participants
n=99 Participants
13 participants
n=107 Participants
27 participants
n=206 Participants
Pancreatic mass Location
Tail
9 participants
n=99 Participants
5 participants
n=107 Participants
14 participants
n=206 Participants
Pancreatic mass size
2.86 Centimeter
STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.23 • n=99 Participants
3.2 Centimeter
STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.63 • n=107 Participants
3.03 Centimeter
STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.43 • n=206 Participants
Echogeicity of the lesion
Hypoecho
52 participants
n=99 Participants
55 participants
n=107 Participants
107 participants
n=206 Participants
Echogeicity of the lesion
Isoecho
7 participants
n=99 Participants
6 participants
n=107 Participants
13 participants
n=206 Participants
Echogeicity of the lesion
Hyperecho
1 participants
n=99 Participants
0 participants
n=107 Participants
1 participants
n=206 Participants
Cystic Component
12 mass
n=99 Participants
10 mass
n=107 Participants
22 mass
n=206 Participants
Vascular involvement
Arterial
28 mass
n=99 Participants
21 mass
n=107 Participants
49 mass
n=206 Participants
Vascular involvement
Venous
28 mass
n=99 Participants
32 mass
n=107 Participants
60 mass
n=206 Participants
Vascular involvement
Arterial and Venous
19 mass
n=99 Participants
14 mass
n=107 Participants
33 mass
n=206 Participants
EUS features of chronic pancreatitis
11 participants
n=99 Participants
7 participants
n=107 Participants
18 participants
n=206 Participants
Biliary stent present
Metal stent
1 participants
n=99 Participants
5 participants
n=107 Participants
6 participants
n=206 Participants
Biliary stent present
Plastic stent
7 participants
n=99 Participants
6 participants
n=107 Participants
13 participants
n=206 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: up to 6 months

Diagnostic yield is defined as percentage of specimens in which diagnostic material is obtained.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=61 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Diagnostic Yield of Capillary Technique
75.4 percentage of specimen

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: up to 6 months

Diagnostic yield is defined as percentage of specimens in which diagnostic material is obtained.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=60 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Diagnostic Yield of Standard Technique
65 percentage of specimen

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 months

Population: The discrepancy between the number of analyzed patients and the number of patients in the Participant Flow section is due to the fact that calculation of sensitivity was done based on the Per Protocol analysis.

Sensitivity of the EUS-FNA with Capillary technique

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=48 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
n=4 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Sensitivity of EUS-FNA With Capillary Technique
Positive EUS-FNA
45 participants
0 participants
Sensitivity of EUS-FNA With Capillary Technique
Negative EUS-FNA
3 participants
4 participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 months

Population: The discrepancy between the number of analyzed patients and the number of patients in the Participant Flow section is due to the fact that calculation of sensitivity was done based on the Per Protocol analysis.

Sensitivity of the EUS-FNA with Capillary technique

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=44 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Sensitivity of EUS-FNA With StandardTechnique
Positive EUS-FNA
39 Participants
Sensitivity of EUS-FNA With StandardTechnique
Negative EUS-FNA
5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 months

Population: The discrepancy between the number of analyzed patients and the number of patients in the Participant Flow section is due to the fact that calculation of sensitivity was done based on the Per Protocol analysis.

Comparison of EUS-FNA sensitivity using Capillary technique versus Standard technique for pancreatic solid lesions

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=44 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
n=52 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Sensitivity of EUS-FNA
88.6 percentage of positive gold standard
93.7 percentage of positive gold standard

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: immediate

The rate of aquiring diagnostic pancreatic mass tissue with first FNA pass

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=60 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
n=61 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
First Pass Diagnostic Rate
23 participants
26 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: immediate

The rate of acquiring core tissue of the pancreatic mass through EUS-FNA

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=60 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
n=61 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Acquisition of Core Tissue
28 participants
37 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 months

The proportion of subjects without the disease with negative EUS-FNA in total of subjects without the disease

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Capillary Technique
n=60 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the capillary suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously. Capillary suction technique for EUS FNA: Capillary suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with simultaneous minimal negative pressure provided by pulling the needle stylet slowly and continuously
Patients With Negative Gold Standard
n=61 Participants
These are patients who will have endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration using the standard suction FNA technique: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe. Standard technique EUS-FNA: Standard suction Endoscopic Ultrasound- Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) technique using the 22-gauge (Expect needle; Boston Scientific) needle: 15 to-and-fro movements within the lesion will be performed with use of 10cc suction syringe.
Diagnostic Accuracy of EUS-FNA
88 percent accurate
93.8 percent accurate

Adverse Events

Suction Technique

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Capillary Technique

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Mouen Khashab

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Phone: 443-287-1960

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place