Status:
COMPLETED
Different Suction Techniques For Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy In Pancreatic Solid Lesions
Lead Sponsor:
ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli Hospital
Conditions:
Pancreatic Solid Lesions
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration represents the gold-standard for the pathological diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions. New needles design allowed to obtain samples suitable for histological...
Detailed Description
Materials and methods This is a prospective, randomized, multicenter study comparing the slow-pull technique with the standard suction technique during Ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in patients...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \>18years old
- Solid pancreatic lesion on imaging MRI and/or CT-scan referred for tissue acquisition
- Lesion can be visualized with EUS and needle puncturing can be technically feasible
- Able to sign informed consent
Exclusion
- \< 18 years-old
- Cystic pancreatic lesions
- Extra-pancreatic lesions or inaccessible/non-visualized lesions
- Previous gastrectomy
- International normalized ratio \> 1.5
- Impossibility to suspend anticoagulant therapy
- Platelet count \< 50.000 cells/cubic millimeter
- Severe or unstable clinical conditions
- Pregnancy
- Inability to give informed consent
- Refusal to participate to the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 31 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
110 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03849209
Start Date
May 1 2017
End Date
May 31 2018
Last Update
February 26 2019
Active Locations (1)
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ARNAS Civico - Di Cristina - Benfratelli Hospital
Palermo, Italy, 90127