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Mini Invasive Endomicroscopy of the Pleura for Malignancies Diagnosis

NCT04731129 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2025-01-10

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Summary

Recently, probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy showed to be able to distinguish malignant from benign pleura during medical thoracoscopy. However The clinical usefulness of this new tool remains to be determined.

The investigators believe that pCLE could be part of mini invasive pleural disease management and could be used during thoracentesis in order to increase the diagnostic yield of this procedure. The investigators are starting a prospective trial to recruit patients referred for medical thoracoscopy to the endoscopy unit.

First, the pCLE probe will be introduced through the Boutin's needle or the thoracentesis catheter, just before the thoracoscopy, in order to investigate the pleural pCLE features and to identify or exclude malignant infiltration. Second those features will be compared to the pCLE acquisition obtained during the medical thoracoscopy (the probe is introduced through the working chanel of the thoracoscope), under visual control. In order to compare the invasive and mini invasive acquisition, 10 criteria will be prospectively assessed.Third, These features will be compared to the histological samples performed during thoracoscopy. Finally, the interpretation of different investigators will be compared.

The 10 criteria are presented below:

1. Abnormal tissular architecture

No: Correct identification of the previously described normal pleura characteristics Yes: identification of cellular/tissular structures which are not known to correspond to normal pleura (cellular clusters or dark clumps, glands, cells cordons, dysmorphic cells, papillar distribution….)
2. Cellular homogeneity is size, shape and fluorescence, as subjectively assessed by the investigator

yes no
3. Mean cellular size:

Small: \< 10µm Moderate: 10 - 20µm Large: \> 20µm
4. Cellular density (with reference to the Chia seed sign)

Low (lower than the Chia seed sign) Moderate High
5. Dysplastic vessels:

Yes: (vascular leaks, tortuous or giant vessels) No: no dysplasia
6. Vascular density (on a full optical area)

Low: 0 -2 vessels Moderate: 3 - 4 vessels High: \> 4 vessels
7. Organized or anarchic connective fibers

Anarchic: coarse fibers, irregular in shape, without well-defined architecture Organized : regular in shape and direction, well defined architecture.
8. Chia seed sign on a full optical areal

yes No

Conditions

  • Pleural Diseases
  • Pleural Neoplasms

Interventions

DEVICE

Probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy of the pleura

Every patient referred for medical thoracoscopy will be screened. The pCLE of the pleura will be performed 2 times. First, just before the thoracoscopy, through the Boutin's needle or the thoracentesis catheter and second through the working chanel of the pleuroscope. This last acquisition allows visual control to target the pleural endomicroscopy assessment. These two acquisitions will be compared between each other and with the histological samples of the pleuroscopy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Liege

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Duysinx Bernard, PhD · University of Liege

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-12-15
Primary Completion
2023-09-15
Completion
2023-11-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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