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Comparison of Procedural Yield of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Using Three Different Techniques in Subjects Undergoing Flexible Bronchoscopy

NCT05425875 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 942

Last updated 2023-08-15

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Summary

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) via flexible bronchoscopy is a method used to sample the cellular and microbiological components of the alveolar space. It is a procedure in which 2-3 measured aliquots of sterile normal saline are instilled after wedging the scope to the suitable segmental bronchus. BAL is performed from the segments/ lobes showing ground-glass opacities (GGO), tree-in-bud lesions or focal consolidations guided by HRCT. In diffuse lung involvement, BAL is performed either from RML or the lingula.\[3\] It is recovered through the bronchoscope via different suction methods so as to get a sample of epithelial lining fluid of small airways and alveoli. Either manual suction or wall suction can be used for aspiration of fluid during BAL. The fluid recovered is then sent for cytology and microbiology examination studies including AFB, MGIT, GeneXpert, Galactomannan, fungal cultures to diagnose various conditions like PAP, eosinophilic pneumonia, bacterial or fungal infections, specific forms of ILD.

Three techniques have been described to perform BAL. To the best of our knowledge no previous study has compared the three methods of obtaining the BAL in the same cohort of subjects.The authors believe that the procedural yield of BAL will be best by manual suction using rubber tubing compared to manual suction without rubber tubing or wall suction. Herein, the investigators compare the three methods of obtaining BAL in subjects undergoing BAL for various respiratory diseases

Conditions

  • Bronchoalveolar Lavaage
  • Diffuse Lung Disease

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bronchoalveolar lavage using wall mount suction

BAL will be performed using wall mount suction with a pressure \<100 mmHg

PROCEDURE

Bronchoalveolar lavage using manual suction

A 50-mL syringe will be used to apply suction through the working channel of a bronchoscope

PROCEDURE

Bronchoalveolar lavage using manual suction with rubber tubing

A 50-mL syringe with an attached rubber tubing will be used to apply suction through the working channel of a bronchoscope

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-01
Primary Completion
2023-06-30
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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