Comparison of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy Using Fine Needle Aspiration Versus Fine Needle Capillary Sampling

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Conditions studied: Lymphadenopathy

In brief

Primary objective: * To estimate the degree of agreement in diagnosis of cytologic samples from mediastinal lymph nodes obtained by Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)-guided Fine Needle Capillary Sampling (FNC) versus Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA). Secondary objective: * To compare the quality of cytologic samples from mediastinal lymph nodes obtained by EBUS-guided FNC versus FNA. The quality of the samples will be assessed initially by MDACC on-site cytology technicians, and then corroborated by physicians in the department of cytology. This assessment will be performed utilizing the Mair's score 3. The score consists of a 0-10 scale: 1-2= poor; 3-6=good; 7-10=superior.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00886847

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

120

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-02-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• patients 18 years or older
• Patients in which EBUS is indicated based on the suspicion of either benign or malignant disease in mediastinal and/or hilar lymph nodes. This will include patients who are in the hospital.

You may not qualify if…

• patients under 18 years or younger

Where it is running

• UT MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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