Transbronchial Needle Forceps for Endobronchial Ultrasound

Heidelberg University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Lymph Nodes; Lung Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: EBUS TBNF

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01145924

HD 08

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prove the feasibility of a needle forceps in patients with enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes

Full description

Patients with enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes must be staged. The EBUS TBNA technique is an established technique. Unfortunately the size of the needle is limited to 21 gauge. With tne new designed needle forceps it should be possible to obtain more material and establish the diagnosis more often

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes

Exclusion criteria

• comorbidities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

50 participants in 1 patient group

EBUS TBNF

Active Comparator group

Description:

single arm trial, patients with enlarged mediastinal nodes will be examine

Treatment:

Procedure: EBUS TBNF