Role of Ultrasound Elastography in Pleural Effusion

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Pleural Effusion

Treatments: Device: ultrasound Elastography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05642091

Ultrasound Elastography

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diagnostic performance of u.s elastography in pleural effusion

Full description

Pleural fluid is an extremely common problem however the diagnosis of pleural effusion remain challenging due its diverse aetiologies .transthoracic ultrasound is often the initial tool to help diagnosis of pleural effusion.

Ultrasound elastography is a novel ultrasound technology that can differentiate malignant disease from benign disease by quantitatively assses tissue stifness by measuring the degree of distortion under application of an external force (shear wave ) However, very limited studies are available evaluating the efficacy of this novel technique in diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

.patients with pleural effusion above18 year

Exclusion criteria

• patients who refuse to undergone further investigations to reach final diagnosis of cause of pleural effusion

.patients with intercostal tube inserted in the effusion before enrollment in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

transudate effusion

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: ultrasound Elastography

exudative effusion

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: ultrasound Elastography