NCT03078452

Evaluating Effectiveness of Powered Drill Bone Marrow Biopsy

Comparison of Quality of Bone Marrow Biopsy and Patient Convenience and Pain Control by a Battery Powered Drill Versus Conventional Methods in Patients With Plasma Cell Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Emory University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Since the introduction of the Jamshidi needle in 1971, new advances in bone marrow sampling have not been seen. In 2007, a new battery-powered bone marrow biopsy system was developed. This technology, using a battery-powered drill to operate the needle accessing the posterior iliac bone, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is currently commercially available. Few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared the use of the battery-powered bone marrow biopsy system to the Jamshidi needle (the traditional manual) method of bone marrow sampling. This research study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Jamshidi needle compared to the battery-powered bone marrow biopsy system. 100 participants will be enrolled in this study at Emory University.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Assessing the quality and quantity of bone marrow core biopsies. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Assessing the nature of pain by established visual analogue scale (VAS) questionnaires. II. Timing of the actual procedure. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients undergo bone marrow biopsy using the power drill. ARM II: Patients undergo bone marrow biopsy using the traditional Jamshidi needle. All patients complete questionnaires at baseline, 30 minutes after biopsy, and on days 1, 3, and 7. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.

Conditions

• Plasma Cell Myeloma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Power drill	Undergo bone marrow biopsy using power drill
DEVICE	Jamshidi needle	Undergo bone marrow biopsy using Jamshidi needle

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-14
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2017-03-13
• Last updated: 2025-09-08
• Results posted: 2025-09-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study