Comparing Biopsy Needles for Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Samples for Pancreatic Masses

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Neoplasm

In brief

This is a randomized prospective clinical study comparing a fine needle biopsy device and an aspiration needle.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02911974

Run by

AdventHealth

People needed

48

Starts

2016-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Scheduled to undergo EUS
• Patients with solid pancreatic masses on cross-sectional imaging or with jaundice secondary to biliary obstruction
• Able and willing to provide written or verbal consent

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to safely undergo EUS for any reason
• Coagulopathy (Prothrombin time > 18 secs, platelet count < 80,000/ml)
• Active alcohol or other drug use or significant psychiatric illness
• Pregnancy
• Unable or unwilling to provide consent

Where it is running

• Center for Interventional Endoscopy - Florida Hospital — Orlando, Florida, United States

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