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Discrimination of N2a and N2b by EBUS-TBNA: is a Change of the Needle Necessary?

Discrimination of N2a and N2b by EBUS-TBNA: is a Needle Change Necessary? - a Prospective Pilot Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07418450
Enrollment
30
Registered
2026-02-18
Start date
2025-11-05
Completion date
2027-05-01
Last updated
2026-02-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Lung Cancer (Diagnosis)

Brief summary

During EBUS staging in patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy, it is planned to perform a first round of staging with change of the needle between all lymph nodes and a second round of staging without change of the needle.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTEBUS-TBNA

During EBUS staging, the needle well be changed between all lymph node stations in a first round. The EBUS staging will be repeated without the change of the needle between the lymph node stations.

Sponsors

University of Vienna
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Pulmonary lesion suspicious for lung cancer or histologically confirmed lung cancer * indication for mediastinal staging

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Agreement between the two rounds of EBUS staging18 months

Countries

Austria

Contacts

CONTACTDaniela Gompelmann
daniela.gompelmann@meduniwien.ac.at0043 1 40400 47730

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 26, 2026