Interobserver Agreement of Endoscopic Ultrasonography and Endoscopic Sonoelastography in the Evaluation of Lymph Nodes

Completed

• Conditions: Lymph Nodes; Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer; Liver Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT01033695
• Lead Sponsor: Odense University Hospital

Brief Summary

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an important part of the pre-treatment evaluation of patients with upper gastrointestinal tract cancer (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic and liver cancer). When planning the optimal therapy in patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancies it is essential to know the exact lymph node stage. Recently endoscopic sonoelastography(ES) has been added to conventional EUS examination and may provide complementary information to distinguish benign for malignant lymph nodes.

The N-stage relates to the treatment choice and the prognosis, and it is therefore of particular interest to know the interobserver agreement in operator dependent techniques. This study evaluate the interobserver agreement of EUS and ES evaluation og lymph nodes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-06
• Study Completion: 2009-06
• Status Verified: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-12-15
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-16
• Last Update Posted: 2009-12-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

• the presence of a lymph node more than 10mm in diameter (short axis) detected during the EUS examination

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Exclusion Criteria

• inadequate ES images were obtained by one of the observers

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre for Surgical Ultrasound; 🇩🇰 Odense, Denmark