Olympus - 19-gauge Needle

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03270670

Pro00082253

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether the 19-gauge needle can collect more tissue and get better sampling during a bronchoscopy procedure.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects with known or suspected lung cancer with mediastinal adenopathy as defined by a mediastinal lymph node >0.5 cm in short axis on EBUS or any lymph node with uptake on FDG-PET scan that is higher than background PET activity.
• Participants must lack bleeding disorders

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who lack fitness for flexible bronchoscopy as determined by the physician performing the bronchoscopy before the procedure
• Subjects with suspected sarcoidosis, lymphoma, or metastatic cancer from other sites (i.e. those without a known or suspected lung primary)
• Subjects on anticoagulation (other than Aspirin) whom cannot have their anticoagulation held for the procedure due to other clinical reasons (i.e. recent cardiac stent placement).