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Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intraoperative biopsies of 50 patients using SRH in addition to the routinely used methods (formalin fixed section and FS) will be analysed. The study population consists of patients presenti
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum FreiburgKlinik für Thoraxchirurgie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with suspected or proven thoracic malignancies undergoing diagnostic or curative surgeries at the Dept. for Thoracic Surgery 2. Age = 18 years 3. Informed consent prior to the procedure
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to understand the nature of the trial and the trial related procedures
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary objective is to assess the accuracy of SRH compared to conventional formalin fixed section in thoracic malignancies as following: - The ability to detect infiltration of tumor - The ability to characterize the origin of tumor whether from the lung or metastases - The ability to identify the pathological subtypes of the tumors The primary endpoint is the final histological diagnosis compared to the intraoperative diagnosis based on SRH. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoints include accuracy of SRH compared to FS and time taken for diagnosis on SRH vs FS. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMohammed Hassan
Universitätsklinikum FreiburgKlinik für Thoraxchirurgie
Outcome results
None listed