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Yield of Cryoprobe vs Flexible Forceps Pleural Biopsy

NCT02500277 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-08-31

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Summary

This is a prospective study to assess the yield of pleural biopsy obtained with the routine flexible thoracoscopic biopsy forceps versus that obtained with a flexible cryoprobe during semirigid thoracoscopy

Conditions

  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pleurisy
  • Tuberculosis
  • Metastatic Malignancy

Interventions

DEVICE

Cryoprobe pleural biopsy first

Four pleural biopsy specimens will be obtained using the flexible cryoprobe (ERBOCRYOCA, ERBE, Tubingen, Germany; outer diameter 1.9 mm, length 900 mm) followed by 6-10 pleural biopsy specimens obtained using the flexible thoracoscopic forceps (FB-55CR, Olympus Medical Systems, 2 mm diameter).

DEVICE

Flexible forceps biopsy first

Six to ten pleural biopsy specimens will be obtained using the flexible thoracoscopic forceps (FB-55CR, Olympus Medical Systems, 2 mm diameter) followed by four pleural biopsy specimens obtained using the flexible cryoprobe (ERBOCRYOCA, ERBE, Tubingen, Germany; outer diameter 1.9 mm, length 900 mm)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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