The purpose of this study is to compare the yield of two methods for obtaining a lung tissue sample: Procedure #1: standard fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) with fluoroscopy, and Procedure #2: ultrathin bronchoscope procedure with fluoroscopy and radial endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS). These two procedures are similar in that they both: (1) enable your doctor to look inside your lungs with a device called a bronchoscope, and (2) Use fluoroscopy, which is a technique that uses X-rays to see your lungs. This will give the doctor an opportunity to use either of the bronchoscopy methods described above and compare the tests to see if R-EBUS provides better results than standard bronchoscopy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
339
Technique used, to go through the patient's airway, locate and obtain samples from pulmonary lesions
Technique used to go through the patient's airway and using radial ultrasound, locate and obtain samples from pulmonary lesions
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Washington University Saint Louis
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Diagnostic Yield of Procedures; Number of Positive Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lesions
Diagnostic yield of standard FB with fluoroscopy using standard adult bronchoscope versus bronchoscopy using ultrathin bronchoscope in combination with R-EBUS with or without Guidesheath for lung lesions 2-5 cm.
Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 12 months
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