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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615000718549
ACTRN12615000718549
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In patients with interstitial lung disease requiring histopathologic evaluation for diagnosis, are the transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) and the gold-standard video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) lung biopsy, similar in their diagnostic yield?

auren Troy0 sites65 target enrollmentJuly 10, 2015

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Interstitial Lung Disease
Sponsor
auren Troy
Enrollment
65
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 10, 2015
End Date
May 12, 2019
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
auren Troy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients assessed as requiring histopathology for the diagnosis of their ILD (at specialist multidisciplinary team meetings), and considered suitable for VATS lung biopsy.

Exclusion Criteria

  • \* Age \> 80
  • \* Resting oxyhaemoglobin saturation under 90%
  • \* Platelets less than 100
  • \* INR \> 1\.5
  • \* Advanced comorbidities (including poorly controlled systemic hypertension, congestive cardiac failure, unstable angina, significant stroke).
  • \* History of of adverse reaction to general anaesthesia
  • \* Inability to provide informed consent
  • \* Systolic pulmonary artery pressure over 40mmHg on echocardiogram or evidence of right ventricular dysfunction
  • \* Inability to withhold anti\-platelet therapy (eg aspirin or clopidogrel)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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