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

National Taiwan University Hospital234 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

234

Conditions

Pleural Diseases

Interventions

different types of ultrasound techniquePROCEDURE

Shear-wave elastography-guided or B-mode ultrasound-guided

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with radiographic evidence of pleural disease Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 y/o * Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The diagnostic yield of the two groups

the pathology of pleural biopsies will be interpreted by cytopathologists

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Procedure time

Time frame: 1 day

the rate of pneumothorax & hemothorax

Safety

Time frame: 1 day

Central Contacts

Yao-Wen Kuo

CONTACT

0972651821 kyw@ntu.edu.tw

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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