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Thoracoscopic Pleural Lavage and Brushing in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion

NCT06066398 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2023-10-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

1\. To evaluate the diagnostic yield and safety of thoracoscopic pleural lavage and pleural brushing in cases of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.

Conditions

  • Disorder of Pleura and Pleural Cavity

Interventions

PROCEDURE

medical thoracoscope

Medical thoracoscopy will be performed during which pleural brush will be used first followed by forceps biopsy to obtain pleural specimens from suspect areas under visual control and pleural lavage will be performed by injecting 300 mL of normal saline

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Forceps biopsy and pleural brush histopathology

Forceps biopsy and pleural brush will be obtained for histopathological examination for diagnosis

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

pleural lavage cytology

pleural lavage will be obtained for cytological examination for diagnosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-10-31
Completion
2025-10-31

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