Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cysts: Endoscopic Ultrasound With Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS/FNA), Direct Visualization, and Confocal Laser-induced Endomicroscopy-A Pilot Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Cysts

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the yield of combination modalities in the diagnosis of pancreatic cysts using EUS/FNA, Fiber optics (direct visualization probe), and prototype needle based confocal laser-induced endomicroscopy miniprobe (nCLE).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01447238

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

104

Starts

2010-09-15

Expected to finish

2018-09-21

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-09

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients scheduled for an EUS-FNA procedure of a pancreatic cyst,
• Aged above 18 years
• Granted written informed consent for the study can be included in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindication for undergoing EUS/FNA procedure (such as unwilling or medically unstable patients, patients with severe coagulopathy, patients with poor visualization on EUS for various reasons, etc)
• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Allergy to fluorescein
• Renal insufficiency

Where it is running

• University of California, Irvine Medical Center — Orange, California, United States

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