Pyrosequencing of the BRAFV600E Mutation

Completed

• Conditions: Thyroid Neoplasms
• Interventions: Procedure: ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy

• Registration Number: NCT00551486
• Lead Sponsor: Chungnam National University

Brief Summary

To investigate the diagnostic efficiency of pyrosequencing for the mutant BRAF allele in ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of thyroid incidentalomas.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-06
• Study Completion: 2006-12
• Status Verified: 2007-10
• Study First Submitted: 2007-10-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-10-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-10-30
• Study First Posted: 2007-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2007-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 101

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with thyroid nodule larger than 1 cm, or nodule smaller than 1 cm that required further evaluation because of suspicious ultrasound findings

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who refuse participation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy	Patients with thyroid incidentaloma underwent ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chungnam National University Hospital; 🇰🇷 Daejeon, Korea, Republic of