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NCT Number: NCT00119470

EUS-FNA in the Pre-Operative Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer

This trial examines the role of EUS-FNA (Oesophageal Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration) as an endoscopic technique for the mediastinal staging of patients with lung cancer.

Patients will be randomized to either conventional surgical technique or EUS-FNA.

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Key information

Conditions

Lung Cancer Lung Diseases Lung Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients with histological or cytological proof of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or with a high clinical suspicion for lung cancer (but without pathologically confirmed diagnosis from the bronchoscopy or CT guided transthoracal biopsies) in whom the next step is normally a diagnostic or therapeutic surgical intervention
  • no distant metastases after routine clinical work up (PET is optional, not mandatory)
  • provision of a written informed consent
  • recent CT-scan of the thorax (<28 days before randomization date)
  • age 18 years or older
  • clinically fit for surgery

Exclusion criteria

  • proof of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with CWU (bronchoscopy or CT guided transthoracal punction)
  • stage IV NSCLC
  • patients with a solitary pulmonary nodule (thus without enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes on CT and without mediastinal PET hot spots) : these do not require further mediastinal investigation
  • former therapy (chemotherapy or radiotherapy or surgery) for lung cancer
  • other concomitant malignancies
  • reasons for which the patient is unable to swallow the EUS-instrument (e.g. zenker diverticulum, unexplained esophageal stenosis)
  • uncorrected coagulopathy

Treatment and study plan

EUS-FNA

Procedure

Conventional Surgical Technique

Procedure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of surgical interventions avoided

Secondary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of EUS-FNA for mediastinal staging of lung cancer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Other

Registry information

Official study title

EUS-FNA in the Pre-Operative Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer: A Randomized Trial

Important dates

Study start
2005
Study completion
2007
First posted
Jul 13, 2005
Registry last updated
Dec 28, 2007

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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