Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Liver Biopsy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hepatic Cancer, Hepatic Neoplasm, Hepatic Carcinoma

In brief

This is a prospective study to determine the optimal technique for obtaining liver tissue with a smaller caliber (22 gauge) needle and whether a good core biopsy can be obtained without the use of suction and secondly to determine the diagnostic yield and safety of 22 g Fine Needle Biopsy needle for liver biopsy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03307811

Run by

AdventHealth

People needed

40

Starts

2017-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-11

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients referred to Florida Hospital Endoscopy Unit for assessment of elevated liver tests with EUS and are found to have no obstructive lesion to explain elevation of liver tests and will not require ERCP.
• Age ≥ 19 years
• Willing to provide informed consent verbal or written.

You may not qualify if…

• Age <19 years
• Unable to safely undergo EUS for any reason
• Coagulopathy (INR >1.6, Thrombocytopenia with platelet count <50,000/ml) for subjects on anti-coagulation therapy.
• Unwilling or cognitively unable to provide informed consent verbal or written.
• Pregnancy (confirmed with Standard of Care urine pregnancy test for all women with child-bearing potential only)

Where it is running

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

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