A prospective observational study: the utility of flex-rigid pleuroscopy for malignant pleural disease

A prospective observational study: the utility of flex-rigid pleuroscopy for malignant pleural disease - Pleuroscopy prospective observational study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000024170

Enrollment

Registered

2016-09-27

Start date

2016-09-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

malignant pleural disease

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Cases that is suspected to have pleural malignant disease by computed tomography (CT) 2) Cases that is required re-biopsy and tissue specimen for the recurrence of pleural malignant disease 3) Obtained comprehensive agreement for study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) without CT before pleuroscopy 2) with severe pleural adhesions 3) severe respiratory failure of the contralateral lung 4) cases that can not quietly lie 5) SpO2 less than 90% 6) uncontrolled condition such as angina, myocardial infraction, severe bronchial asthmna, active lung infection, heart failure, bleeding tendency, and so on 7) during pregnancy 8) anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents can not be stopped for 3 days or more 9) difficult to get agreement by the document 10) other inappropriate reasons

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
diagnostic yield	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1) safety 2) feasibility of molecular analysis	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactToshiyuki Nakai

National Cancer Center Hospital Endoscopy Division

tnakai@ncc.go.jp03-3542-2511

Outcome results