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Feasibility Study on the Contribution of Guided Puncture With Echoendoscopy

Feasibility Study on the Contribution of Guided Puncture With Echoendoscopy in Evaluation of Hypermetabolic Lymphadenopathy Mediastinum Lower, Rear and Middle, Detected in PET-CT to 18 FDG (PET)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01892501
Acronym
APOGEE
Enrollment
75
Registered
2013-07-04
Start date
2013-01-08
Completion date
2019-10-10
Last updated
2025-09-03

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Conditions

Hypermetabolic Lymphadenopathy Mediastinum Lower, Posterior and Middle, Detected by PET-CT With 18F-FDG (PET)

Keywords

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy, PET CT to 18FDG, EUS

Brief summary

Impact of screening nodes mediastinal by PET, at different times of the management of cancer disease, remain unclear. Benefits of combined PET and puncture with echoendoscopy for the diagnosis subsequent therapeutic management should be evaluated in these different contexts. We would like to demonstrate the clinical utility of this association to replace more invasive diagnostic procedures and to assess the impact of the puncture on a possible modification of the therapeutic management. It is a single center prospective diagnostic assessment

Detailed description

Main objective : Assess the performance (in terms of sensitivity) of guided punction by echoendoscopy in the characterization of hypermetabolic mediastinal lymph nodes in PET, in a context of New cancer or cancer recurrence. Conduct of the study : When a patient has had a PET scan showing a hypermetabolic or mediastinal lymph nodes in the lower, middle or posterior, his case is presented in a multidisciplinary meeting (PCR # 1), with definition of diagnostic strategy: Approved indication is achieve a biopsy surgically to have a histological documentation of mediastinal lymph nodes with obvious impact on treatment decisions. We distinguish two groups of patients based on the feasibility of the surgical procedure: 1. Group A biopsy is surgically feasible 2. Group B: biopsy by surgery can not be performed (against medical contraindications or anesthetics) at that moment, definition of therapeutic strategy that was decided in the absence of histological documentation: * Surgery outset * Chemotherapy or other oncological treatment * Supports non-oncological if benign disease suspected * No treatment. EUS is performed by oesophageal for two patient groups for the two groups of patients (within a maximum period of six weeks after the PET scan), under general anesthesia and endoscopic control. According the pathological findings, the therapeutic strategy is defined in a second PCR (PCR # 2), to assess the impact of the puncture: * Surgery outset * Chemotherapy or other oncological treatment * Supports non-oncological when benign pathology documented * No treatment * Selecting another surgical diagnostic procedure (non-contributory income). A patient monitoring will be conducted for 12 months. The clinical and radiological data carried over the standard of care of the patient will be collected. Achieving a thoracoabdominopelvic scanner (TAP) at 1 year to characterize the evolution of the disease marks the end of the study for the patient. For the patients who have had a negative biopsy, monitoring will involve a scanner TAP 6 month and 12 month then consultation with the oncologist.

Interventions

PROCEDUREGuided punction of mediastinal lymphadenopathy by echoendoscopy

EUS (by oesophageal) is performed within a maximum period of six weeks after the PET scan, under general anesthesia and endoscopic control, with a disposable 19-gauge needle (EchoTip, Cook Endoscopy) and 3 passes of the needle ganglion. Pathological samples are taken : 3 tubes collected by node (one tube per needle pass), in most cases, only one node will be taken.

DEVICEPET scan

The benefits of combined PET and punction EUS for the diagnosis and subsequent therapeutic management should be evaluated in these different contexts

Sponsors

Institut Bergonié
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Any patients who have had PET showing one or more hypermetabolic lymphadenopathy in middle mediastinum and/or lower and/or posterior, and requiring diagnostic certainty for support. 2. PET scans performed in these particulars : * Pre-treatment assessment of thoracic or extra-thoracic malignancies (patients without a history of cancer). * Evaluation of response to treatment referred to oncological. * Suspicion of relapse in patients with a personal history of thoracic or extra-thoracic malignancies. 3. PET, the result is positive : * For above-centimeter lymph node short axis: greater result than or equal to the background hepatic noise. * For sub-centimeter lymph node small axis : greater result than the background hepatic noise 4. Patient with indication of diagnostic procedure surgically (whether realized or not) 5. Lymph node(s) available(s) puncture by EUS esophageal, so for a technically feasible for esophageal puncture (without vascular recusants structures) 6. Age ≥ 18 years. 7. PET scan performed within 6 weeks before EUS 8. Platelets ≥ 70 000/mm3; TP ≥ 60%. 9. Patient of childbearing age with negative pregnancy test and / or a contraception. 10. Patient gave informed consent signed. 11. Patient affiliated to a social security scheme.

Exclusion criteria

* Contra-indication (s) Director (s) to achieve a EUS. * Balance adverse anesthetic (not allowing a general anesthetic). * Esophageal stenosis. * Coagulation disorders. * Pregnant or lactating women. * Unable to undergo medical monitoring test for geographical, social or psychological reasons. * Private patient freedom and major subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided (EUS-guided) Puncture12 monthsThe performance of EUS-guided biopsy has been evaluated in terms of sensitivity. EUS-guided was performed after detection of lymph nodes with positron emission tomography (PET). In most cases, only one lymph node is taken and performance analysis will be done by patient and not by injury. PET, the reference technique (gold standard), is followed for 12 months. Sensitivity is the rate of subjects with a diagnosis of malignancy (excluding the results atypical / suspicious or non-contributory) according the results of EUS among all subjects with a neoplastic disease by the gold reference. To sum up , the sensitivity corresponds to the rate of patients detected as malignant with the new technique (EUS-guided), among the patients detected as malignant at the reference PET examination (12 months assessment).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Negative Predictive Value12 monthsThe negative predictive value of EUS-guided biopsy has been evaluated by the rate of subjects with a diagnosis of benign pathology according the gold standard (PET) among all subjects for wich EUS reveal a benign pathology (excluding atypical/suspects findings or non contributory)
Matching Between Therapeutic Strategies RCP1/RCP212 monthsImpact of the management of patient : Concordance between therapeutic strategies before the results of the endoscopy (Multidisciplinary consultation meeting 1 (RCP1) in absence of documentation) and after the results of endoscopy (Multidisciplinary consultation meeting 2 (RCP2) post-documentation) for the eligible and evaluable population
Clinical Utility (Avoid More Invasive Procedure)12 monthsThe clinical utility of puncture under echo-endoscopy puncture has been considered to have a clinical utility, if it allows the patient to avoid more invasive diagnostic procedures (mediastinoscopy or thoracoscopy) or if it allows the patient to benefit from appropriate treatment (result of the malignant biopsy) or to avoid receiving unjustified treatment (result of the benign biopsy): case of patients well classified as malignant/benign by puncture under echo-endoscopy. The puncture will be considered to have no clinical utility if the result of the puncture under echo-endoscopy is invalidated by the reference examination, or if the result of the puncture does not allow a diagnosis to be made.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO Classification12 monthsIn all cases the side effects associated with the implementation of the guided puncture EUS has been collected and classified according to the classification of surgical complications of Clavien-Dindo \[P Clavien and al. Ann Surg 2009, 250: 187-96\]. Classification of surgical complications of Clavien-Dindo ranges from grade 1 (any deviation from the normal postoperative course) to grade 5 (death of patient)

Countries

France

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,
Hypermetabolic mediastinal lymph nodes in PET,in a context of New cancer or cancer recurrence. Guided punction of mediastinal lymphadenopathy by echoendoscopy: EUS (by oesophageal) is performed within a maximum period of six weeks after the PET scan, under general anesthesia and endoscopic control, with a disposable 19-gauge needle (EchoTip, Cook Endoscopy) and 3 passes of the needle ganglion. Pathological samples are taken : 3 tubes collected by node (one tube per needle pass), in most cases, only one node will be taken. PET scan: The benefits of combined PET and punction EUS for the diagnosis and subsequent therapeutic management should be evaluated in these different contexts
75
Total75

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyNon-contributory histological result12
Overall StudyProtocol Violation2
Overall StudyPuncture not carried out9
Overall StudyRadiological monitoring not carried out5

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicHypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,
Age, Continuous63.01 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.64
Height166.97 cm
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.67
M status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
Could not be evaluated for distant metastases
13 Participants
M status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
M0
17 Participants
M status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
M1
2 Participants
M status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
Missing
5 Participants
N status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
Missing
6 Participants
N status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
N+
17 Participants
N status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
N0
11 Participants
N status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
NX
3 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected— Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
40 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
35 Participants
Therapeutic strategy (absence of documentation)
Chemotherapy or other carcinological treatment
54 Participants
Therapeutic strategy (absence of documentation)
Non-carcinological management in case of documented benign pathology
12 Participants
Therapeutic strategy (absence of documentation)
Not available
1 Participants
Therapeutic strategy (absence of documentation)
No treatment
4 Participants
Therapeutic strategy (absence of documentation)
Surgery right from the start
4 Participants
Therapeutic strategy after documentation
Chemotherapy or other carcinological treatment
20 Participants
Therapeutic strategy after documentation
Missing
8 Participants
Therapeutic strategy after documentation
No treatment
13 Participants
Total number of lymph nodes per patient3.00 lymph nodes
T status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
T0
1 Participants
T status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
T1
7 Participants
T status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
T2
9 Participants
T status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
T3
13 Participants
T status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
T4
5 Participants
T status (Classification of Malignant Tumors)
TX
2 Participants
Weight72.53 kg
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.46

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 47
other
Total, other adverse events
34 / 47
serious
Total, serious adverse events
34 / 47

Outcome results

Primary

Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided (EUS-guided) Puncture

The performance of EUS-guided biopsy has been evaluated in terms of sensitivity. EUS-guided was performed after detection of lymph nodes with positron emission tomography (PET). In most cases, only one lymph node is taken and performance analysis will be done by patient and not by injury. PET, the reference technique (gold standard), is followed for 12 months. Sensitivity is the rate of subjects with a diagnosis of malignancy (excluding the results atypical / suspicious or non-contributory) according the results of EUS among all subjects with a neoplastic disease by the gold reference. To sum up , the sensitivity corresponds to the rate of patients detected as malignant with the new technique (EUS-guided), among the patients detected as malignant at the reference PET examination (12 months assessment).

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Patient eligible and evaluable for primary endpoint (N=47) (excluded patients with non-contributory histological results, puncture not carried out, radiological monitoring not carried out)

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided (EUS-guided) Puncture93 percentage
Secondary

Clinical Utility (Avoid More Invasive Procedure)

The clinical utility of puncture under echo-endoscopy puncture has been considered to have a clinical utility, if it allows the patient to avoid more invasive diagnostic procedures (mediastinoscopy or thoracoscopy) or if it allows the patient to benefit from appropriate treatment (result of the malignant biopsy) or to avoid receiving unjustified treatment (result of the benign biopsy): case of patients well classified as malignant/benign by puncture under echo-endoscopy. The puncture will be considered to have no clinical utility if the result of the puncture under echo-endoscopy is invalidated by the reference examination, or if the result of the puncture does not allow a diagnosis to be made.

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Patients evaluable for clinical utility

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Clinical Utility (Avoid More Invasive Procedure)95.7 percentage of patients
Secondary

Matching Between Therapeutic Strategies RCP1/RCP2

Impact of the management of patient : Concordance between therapeutic strategies before the results of the endoscopy (Multidisciplinary consultation meeting 1 (RCP1) in absence of documentation) and after the results of endoscopy (Multidisciplinary consultation meeting 2 (RCP2) post-documentation) for the eligible and evaluable population

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Patients eligible and evaluable with available pre (before endoscopy results) AND post documentation (after endoscopy results) therapeutic strategies.~Of note, 6 patients without therapeutic strategies after endoscopy results.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Matching Between Therapeutic Strategies RCP1/RCP244.7 percentage of patients
Secondary

Negative Predictive Value

The negative predictive value of EUS-guided biopsy has been evaluated by the rate of subjects with a diagnosis of benign pathology according the gold standard (PET) among all subjects for wich EUS reveal a benign pathology (excluding atypical/suspects findings or non contributory)

Time frame: 12 months

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Negative Predictive Value90 percentage
Other Pre-specified

Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO Classification

In all cases the side effects associated with the implementation of the guided puncture EUS has been collected and classified according to the classification of surgical complications of Clavien-Dindo \[P Clavien and al. Ann Surg 2009, 250: 187-96\]. Classification of surgical complications of Clavien-Dindo ranges from grade 1 (any deviation from the normal postoperative course) to grade 5 (death of patient)

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Patients with at least one adverse event with Dindo classification (N=38)

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO ClassificationNot available54 Number of adverse event per grade
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO ClassificationI6 Number of adverse event per grade
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO ClassificationII2 Number of adverse event per grade
Hypermetabolic Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in PET,Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO ClassificationIIIb6 Number of adverse event per grade

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026