Patients will be enrolled that are undergoing bronchoscopy for diagnosis of discrete lung lesions or for detection of acute rejection following lung transplants. The hypothesis is that bronchoscopy together with probe-based endomicroscopy (pCLE)results in improved and/or incremental diagnostic yield (definitive diagnosis) over conventional bronchoscopy.
The primary aim of this study is to develop the criteria to differentiate healthy versus diseased tissue in patient with discrete lung lesions or to characterize acute lung rejection in patients with transplanted lungs. Once these criteria have been defined, the diagnostic parameters and the reproducibility of pCLE will be assessed.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
99
pCLE will be added to standard bronchoscopy for the purpose of characterizing lung cancer or for characterizing of acute rejection in transplanted lungs.
St. Joseph's Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, Indiana, United States
Development of criteria for the characterization of discrete lung lesions and for characterization of acute lung rejection in lung transplant.
For Group 1 - Discrete lung lesions
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Diagnostic performance of the pCLE image interpretation criteria for discrete lung lesions and for acute lung rejection in lung transplant.
For Group 2 - Transplant rejection
Time frame: Up to 12 months.
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University of Louisiana Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Walter Reed Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, United States
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States