Status:
RECRUITING
TRAIL Study: Feasibility and Pilot
Lead Sponsor:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
American College of Radiology
Dartmouth College
Conditions:
Thyroid Nodule
Thyroid Neoplasms
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a pilot study to compare two ways of managing newly identified thyroid nodules that are likely to be cancerous based on ultrasound result and which under usual care would undergo immediate bio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants must be ≥18 years of age.
- Participants must be able and willing to provide informed consent or have a surrogate capable of providing same.
- Participants must be absent of symptoms referable to the nodule: dysphagia or nodule physically visible and/or bothersome to patient.
- Participants' thyroid nodule must have a TI-RADS rating of 4 or 5.
- Participants thyroid nodule must be ≤2 cm in largest diameter.
- Participants must be being considered for biopsy.
- Participants with a prior history of papillary thyroid cancer are eligible.
Exclusion
- Patients who fall into one of the following categories will NOT be eligible for this study:
- Adults who are unable to provide informed consent.
- Patients for whom biopsy is not a consideration.
- Patients with a prior history of thyroid cancer other than papillary thyroid cancer.
- Patients with a history of radiation to the neck.
- Patients who are athyroidal (thyroid gland has been removed or patient has only lingual thyroid tissue).
- Patients who have ultrasound evidence of one or more of the following:
- Airway invasion of the nodule.
- Nodule adjacency to/invading the recurrent nerve.
- Extra-thyroidal invasion by the nodule.
- Patients who have metastasis to cervical lymph nodes (confirmed by needle biopsy if ultrasound suspicious), distant metastases, if identified) testing not required, not usual care)
- Patients who have already had a biopsy of the nodule being considered for inclusion in the study.
- TRAIL Pilot Integrated QRI: Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
- Inclusion Criteria for Study Patient Participants:
- Participants must meet the eligibility requirements above and will be or have been approached about enrolling in the pilot study.
- Participants must be willing to allow audio recorder presence and / or willing to be interviewed by the QRI team.
- Exclusion Criteria for Study Patient Participants:
- Patients who are not willing to allow audio recorder presence and/or not willing to be interviewed by QRI team will be excluded from this study.
- Inclusion Criteria for Study Staff Participants:
- Staff must be willing to audio record their communications with patients about enrolling in the study.
- Staff must be willing to participate in interviews with QRI team about their views of the study.
- Exclusion Criteria for Study Staff Participants:
- Staff members who are not willing to participate in audio taping of recruitment discussions and/or interviews with QRI team about their views of the study will be excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06220656
Start Date
May 1 2025
End Date
June 1 2027
Last Update
August 26 2025
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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756