NCT05781659

The Effectiveness and Safety of Ultrasound Elastography Guided Pleural Biopsy in the Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Pleural Effusion

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 592 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China-Japan Friendship Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the diagnostic effcacy and safety of ultrasound elastography guided pleural biopsy in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pleural effusion. The main question it aims to answer are: the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound elastography guided pleural biopsy in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pleural effusion. Participants will undergo ultrasound elastography guided pleural biopsy or traditional ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy.

Conditions

• Pleural Effusion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ultrasound elastography guided pleural biopsy	The patients will undergo ultrasound elastography (Aixplorer V, SuperSonic Imagine, FRA) guided pleural biopsy.
PROCEDURE	Traditional ultrasound guided pleural biopsy	The patients will undergo traditional ultrasound (Aixplorer V, SuperSonic Imagine, FRA) guided pleural biopsy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-07
• Primary completion: 2024-12-24
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2023-03-23
• Last updated: 2024-03-12

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: China