Status:

COMPLETED

False/Negative Rate of Lung Percutaneous Needle Biopsy

Lead Sponsor:

State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

Conditions:

Lung Neoplasm

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Needle biopsy is a way of determining whether a lung mass is cancerous or benign. Its accuracy was established by research in which patients underwent fine needle aspiration, a kind of needle biopsy t...

Detailed Description

We will review medical records to identify patients who underwent percutaneous needle biopsy of a lung mass between 5/1/01 and 10/30/04. If the pathology report indicates that the biopsy showed no evi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • subjects who underwent percutaneous needle biopsy of a lung mass during the study period of 5/1/01 to 10/30/04

Exclusion

  • subjects will be excluded if at least one core sample was not obtained in the course of the biopsy.
  • subjects who had a pathology sample read as "insufficient for diagnosis"
  • subjects who underwent needle biopsy only for infection, to identify a causative organism

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

5 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00638352

Start Date

March 1 2010

End Date

April 1 2010

Last Update

December 15 2023

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SUNY Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210