The Efficacy of Shear-wave Elastography-guided Aspiration and Biopsy for Diagnosis in Lung Tumor

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Tumor

Treatments: Procedure: different types of ultrasound technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03881410

201812180RINA

Details and patient eligibility

About

To use the shear-wave elastography to assist the transthoracic ultrasound-guided aspiration biopsy of peripheral lung tumor

1. To identify the intra-tumor heterogeneity of elasticity
2. To increase the diagnostic yield in ultrasound-guided transthoracic biopsy of subpleural pulmonary tumor

Enrollment: 413 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(1) Patients with radiographic evidence of pulmonary lesions

Exclusion criteria

1. Age < 20 y/o
2. Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds
3. Inadequate shear-wave propagation of lung tumor

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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413 participants in 2 patient groups

Shear-wave elastography-guided

Experimental group

Description:

Shear-wave elastography-guided bipsy

Treatment:

Procedure: different types of ultrasound technique

Convention ultrasound-guided

Active Comparator group

Description:

Convention ultrasound-guided biopsy

Treatment:

Procedure: different types of ultrasound technique