EUS-FNA With and Without Suction

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Solid Pancreatic Mass Lesions

Treatments: Procedure: Suction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02072915

F131108005

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the number of passes required for cellblock acquisition with and without suction using the 25g needle.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients referred to UAB Endoscopy Unit for assessment of pancreatic mass lesions that requires FNA.

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 19 years

  • Unable to safely undergo EUS for any reason
  • Coagulopathy (INR>1.6, Prothrombin Time>18 secs, Thrombocytopenia < 80,000 cells/ml)
  • Unable to consent
  • Non-English speaking patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Suction

Experimental group

Description:

Suction will be applied to patients undergoing EUS-FNA

Treatment:

Procedure: Suction

Without suction

No Intervention group

Description:

No suction will be applied to patients undergoing EUS-FNA