Evaluation of Image-guided Brushing of Pancreatic Cyst Wall in Diagnosis of Cystic Pancreatic Tumors

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Tumors

In brief

The goal of this study is to compare a sample of the cyst taken by a standard method (fine needle aspiration) to the sample taken by a new method using a device called the EchoBrush to see which method is more accurate at diagnosing cancer. We will also look at proteins (also called biomarkers) in the samples to see if they predict whether or not the cyst is cancerous.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01455311

Run by

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

People needed

21

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients must meet clinical criteria to undergo an Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA).
• Pancreatic cystic lesion with a minimum diameter of 10 mm noted on a previous cross-sectional imaging modality
• All races will be eligible

You may not qualify if…

• Coagulopathy defined as an prothrombin time (PT) > 13.5 seconds or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) > 35 seconds
• Thrombocytopenia defined as a platelet count < 50, 000
• Known pancreatic cancer
• Recent pancreatitis defined as an episode of pancreatitis within 4 weeks of study enrollment

Where it is running

• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States

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