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In this study, LINFU® will be evaluated in patients who have been identified with IPMN to determine if it can be used to help identify early, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and its noninvasive precursor lesions (dysplasia). The study will also help determine if LINFU® results in earlier intervention, treatment and improvement in patient outcomes.
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Adenocyte has developed a proprietary pancreatic cancer detection method, LINFU®, (Low Intensity Non-Focused Ultrasound excitation of the pancreas) that increases the sensitivity of pancreatic juice cytology. LINFU® excitation of circulating microbubbles increases the exfoliation of pancreatic ductal cells. The sensitivity of cytological examination of the pancreatic fluid obtained by LINFU® can also be potentially enhanced by neural network-based computer-assisted analysis.
In this study, LINFU® will be evaluated in patients who have been identified with IPMN to determine if it can be used to help identify early, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and its noninvasive precursor lesions (dysplasia) which are not identified with current diagnostic tests. In addition, patients identified with PDAC or precursor lesions only with LINFU® and not detected with other diagnostic tests will be followed long term to determine the progression rate of these tumors and whether LINFU® results in earlier intervention, treatment and improvement in patient outcomes
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Patient under the age of 18 and over the age 90
Contraindications to LINFU® as determined by study investigators:
Patients with IPMN that has been subjected to FNA or biopsy prior to the LINFU procedure
Patients with pancreatic cystic neoplasms other than IPMN i.e. mucinous cystic neoplasms, serous cystic neoplasms and other rare cystic lesions
Pregnant females will be excluded
Patient that is unable to provide informed consent
Patient with known allergy to the microbubble contrast agent or secretin
Study Design Overview:
500 participants in 1 patient group
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Stephanie Lazarus
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