Status:

COMPLETED

Urokinase Like Plasminogen Activator Levels in Patients Undergoing Bronchoscopy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Oklahoma

Conditions:

Hemoptysis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Brief Summary

Some of the risk factors for bleeding following bronchoscopy is having a malignancy or an immunocompromised state. The etiology of this remains uncertain. The investigators suspect that individuals wi...

Detailed Description

This is a prospective observational study looking at some coagulation factors in individuals with lung cancer. We are looking at BAL and plasma. We would like to see if there is a difference in the le...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any patient scheduled to undergo bronchoscopy

Exclusion

  • Patients with evidence of coagulopathy either iatrogenic or the result of disease process - coagulopathy defined as elevated prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time or platelet count less than 100,000
  • Patients not scheduled to undergo bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00929565

Start Date

June 1 2009

End Date

October 1 2011

Last Update

April 9 2012

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VA Medical Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104