Endotracheal or endobronchial lesions
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients will undergo cryobiopsy using an ultrathin cryoprobe, a therapeutic bronchoscope, and a rigid bronchoscope for assessment of endotracheal or endobronchial lesions 2. 20 years old or more 3. Provision of written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Any serious, concomitant medical condition 2. Prior enrolment in this trial 3. Patients in whom a therapeutic bronchoscope and a 1.1-mm ultrathin cryoprobe were not used 4. Pregnancy 5. An inability to temporarily interrupt anticoagulant/antiplatelet agents 6. A bleeding tendency
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Specimen size | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Safety (bleeding-related) 2. Histological diagnostic yield 3. Sampling success rate by the freezing time 4. Biomarker test success rate | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center Department of Respiratory Medicine