Application of Transthoracic Shear-wave Ultrasound Elastography in Pleural Lesions

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Conditions studied: Elasticity Imaging Techniques

In brief

This study aims to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pleural lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pleural lesions from malignant lesions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04781894

Run by

National Taiwan University Hospital

People needed

500

Starts

2021-02-10

Expected to finish

2025-01-25

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-20

Who can join

Age: 20 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with radiographic evidence of pleural lesions or effusion

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 20 y/o
• Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds

Where it is running

• National Taiwan University Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)

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