Identification and Differentiation of Thyroid Nodules by Acoustic Imaging and Viscoelastic Parameters

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Conditions studied: Thyroid Gland Carcinoma

In brief

This study is being done to identify and differentiate thyroid nodules by acoustic imaging and viscoelastic parameters.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06207188

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

650

Starts

2009-05-17

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-27

Who can join

Age: 8 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• * Male and female patient volunteers ages 8 and up who are suspicious for thyroid cancer
• Patients who have palpable and sonographically detectable lymph nodes or nonthyroidal neck masses and are referred to Radiology Department or Endocrinology for fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB)
• Patients 18 and up who were previously diagnosed with thyroid cancer and treated with thyroidectomy and recently diagnosed as having recurrence nodes on thyroid bed or on their neck

You may not qualify if…

• Because thyroid cancer is rare under the age of 8 years, children younger than this age are excluded from the study
• Having FNAB or surgical biopsy on thyroid in less than two weeks for thyroid nodule detection group
• Having FNAB or surgical biopsy on cervical lymph nodes or non- thyroidal masses for this group of patients

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Arizona — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States (enrolling)
• Mayo Clinic in Florida — Jacksonville, Florida, United States (enrolling)
• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States (enrolling)

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