Role of the Cystic Fluid Interleukins and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Levels in Characterizing Pancreatic Cysts Detected by Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Laboratory Blood test; Procedure: EUS with fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic cyst

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03178812

HYMC-0018-17

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to find a correlation between cytokines levels and malignancy potential of different cystic types.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with pancreatic cyst

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients with pancreatic cysts

Active Comparator group

Description:

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) by Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) will collect liquid from patients' pancreatic cysts to measure their Interleukin and TNF levels

Treatment:

Procedure: EUS with fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic cyst

Healthy volunteers

Active Comparator group

Description:

Laboratory blood test to measure Interleukin and TNF levels

Treatment:

Procedure: EUS with fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic cyst

Diagnostic Test: Laboratory Blood test