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Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) EUS-FNA of Solid Pancreatic Mass Lesions Using a Novel Corkscrew Technique: a Pilot Study

NCT02116322 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2017-07-24

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Summary

This research is being done to investigate if a new technique to biopsy the pancreas will lead to a larger amount tissue material that can be analyzed. Investigators have called the technique the "corkscrew" technique and believe it will allow obtaining a larger biopsy sample during the endoscopic ultrasound examination. The corkscrew technique uses a clockwise rotational movement to drive the needle into the pancreatic mass (like a wine bottle opener twists and buries itself into a cork). It is believed that this will lead to a better biopsy sample than the usual way and therefore result in a higher chance of a diagnosis.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

EUS-FNA with Corkscrew technique

DEVICE

Expect 19 G Flex needle

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mouen A Khashab, MD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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