The Diagnostic Value of Shear Wave Elastography

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thyroid Nodule

Treatments: Procedure: Shear Wave Elastography (SWE)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02150772

SWE-diag 042014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: The main goal when diagnosing thyroid nodules, is to differentiate the few malignant from the overwhelming background of benign nodules. Currently available pre-operative tests are unable to rule out malignancy in a subset of patients and diagnostic thyroid surgery is necessary. Therefore, there is a need to develope the diagnostic tools for pre-operative diagnostic work-up of thyroid nodules.

The study will investigate a novel ultrasonographic technique called Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) in the pre-operative evaluation of thyroid nodules.

Aim:

To evaluate the diagnostic value of SWE in the pre-operative diagnosis of thyroid nodules in a tertiary surgical center.

Perspectives:

An optimization of the pre-operative risk-stratification and diagnosis of thyroid nodules can reduce unnecessary thyroid surgery, with a reduction in morbidity and better use of the economic and surgical resources.

Enrollment: 308 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nodules in the thyroid size more than 1 cm and patient undergoing thyroid surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Not undergoing thyroid surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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308 participants in 1 patient group

Shear Wave Elastography

Other group

Description:

All included patients have SWE performed

Treatment:

Procedure: Shear Wave Elastography (SWE)