EUS-guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) With and Without the Use of a Stylet

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Biopsy, Fine-Needle, Biopsy, Fine-Needle/Methods, Endosonography

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine that there is no difference in final diagnosis of FNA specimens without a stylet, compared to using a stylet, when examined by a skilled cytopathologist.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01316614

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

137

Starts

2010-07-01

Expected to finish

2011-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-03

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• patients referred to the Washington University Interventional Endoscopy Division for EUS-guided FNA of a solid lesion (e.g. pancreatic mass, gastric wall mass, or lymphadenopathy)

You may not qualify if…

• Patients <18 years of age
• patients who cannot provide independent informed consent (i.e. patients with dementia or with a health care proxy)
• pregnant women (as determined by pregnancy test given as part of standard of care)
• prisoners

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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