The Efficacy of Shear-wave Elastography-guided Biopsy for Diagnosis in Pleural Disease

The Efficacy of Shear-wave Elastography-guided Biopsy for Diagnosis in Pleural Disease: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06226909

Enrollment

234

Registered

2024-01-26

Start date

2024-01-15

Completion date

2027-08-31

Last updated

2024-02-01

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Conditions

Pleural Diseases

Brief summary

To investigate the information from shear-wave elastography on pleural tissues will improve the diagnosis of pleural diseases, as to increase the diagnostic yield in ultrasound-guided transthoracic pleura biopsy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREdifferent types of ultrasound technique

Shear-wave elastography-guided or B-mode ultrasound-guided

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with radiographic evidence of pleural disease

Exclusion criteria

* Age \< 18 y/o * Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The diagnostic yield of the two groups	6 months	the pathology of pleural biopsies will be interpreted by cytopathologists

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Procedure time	1 day	Procedure time
the rate of pneumothorax & hemothorax	1 day	Safety

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactYao-Wen Kuo

kyw@ntu.edu.tw0972651821

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026