Relationship Between Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging and Degree of Stricture in Esophageal Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer

In brief

The primary objective of this study is to document all cases of EUS in patients with esophageal cancer and determine if the inability to advance the gastroscope beyond the tumor correlates with locally advanced disease stage at Endoscopic Ultrasound.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02372929

Run by

AdventHealth

People needed

100

Starts

2012-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-12

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• All patients aged > 18 yrs, who can provide informed consent and referred to Florida Hospitals Endoscopy Unit for EUS staging of esophageal cancer.

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 18 yrs
• Inability to provide informed consent.
• Unable to safely undergo endoscopy for any reason
• Coagulopathy (prolongation of Prothrombin time > 18 secs, thrombocytopenia < 80,000 platelets/ml)
• Limited mental capacity or language skills to the extent simple instructions cannot be followed or information regarding adverse events and follow-up phone visits cannot be provided
• Non-English speaking without a translator.

Where it is running

• Florida Hospital Center for Interventional ENdoscopy — Orlando, Florida, United States

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