Rapid On-site Evaluation of Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Samples by Pulmonologists

Maggiore Bellaria Hospital, Bologna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intrathoracic Lymphadenopathy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Rapid on-site evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03232684

CE 17021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is aimed at verifying if a pulmonologist in training can reliably assess the adequacy of EBUS-TBNA samples from intrathoracic lymphadenopathy after a period of training provided by an experienced pathologist.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Indication to sampling of intrathoracic lymphadenopathy based on computed tomography (CT) and/or positron emission tomography (PET)/CT findings
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• High risk conditions for the performance of bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
• High risk condition for deep sedation (ASA 4)
• Pregnancy