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The Efficacy of Shear-wave Elastography-guided Biopsy for Diagnosis in Pleural Disease

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Pleural Diseases
Interventions
Procedure: different types of ultrasound technique
Registration Number
NCT06226909
Lead Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
Brief Summary

To investigate the information from shear-wave elastography on pleural tissues will improve the diagnosis of pleural diseases, as to increase the diagnostic yield in ultrasound-guided transthoracic pleura biopsy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
234
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with radiographic evidence of pleural disease
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age < 18 y/o
  • Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Shear-wave elastography-guideddifferent types of ultrasound techniquebased on the shear-wave elastography, the area with the highest elasticity value will be the target area to perform pleural biopsy for at least 6 times
B-mode ultrasound-guideddifferent types of ultrasound techniquebased on the B-mode transthoracic ultrasound, the area with the maximal thickness will be the target area to perform pleural biopsy for at least 6 times
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The diagnostic yield of the two groups6 months

the pathology of pleural biopsies will be interpreted by cytopathologists

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Procedure time1 day

Procedure time

the rate of pneumothorax & hemothorax1 day

Safety

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

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Taipei City, Taiwan

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