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nCLE For Diagnosis Of Peripheral Lung Nodules By Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04441749

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Official title

TH-168: Needle Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy For The Diagnosis Of Peripheral Lung Nodules By Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy

Brief summary

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Needle based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) employs a small fiber which can be passed through a biopsy needle to enable real time microscopic imaging of cells. With resolution of 3.5 microns it is possible to identify key features consistent with malignancy and pulmonary fibrosis. (Wijmans, et al., 2019). The effectiveness of nCLE with intravenous fluorescein has been demonstrated in central lung cancers using esophageal ultrasound guided needle placement (Wijmans, et al., 2019). In this study, the proposed nCLE lung cancer criteria had high accuracy for lung cancer detection and were consistently recognized by multiple raters. Probe based confocal microscopy (pCLE) has also been used in conjunction with a radial probe EBUS in evaluating solitary pulmonary nodules with a diagnostic accuracy of 79.2%. (Hassan, et al., 2017) Needle based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) has not previously been used in conjunction with robotic navigational bronchoscopy.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04441749
Recruitment status
Not listed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Other
Enrollment
25 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 28, 2020
Primary completion
Sep 19, 2021
Completion
Nov 30, 2023
Last update posted
Feb 7, 2023

2020 – 2023

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19111

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Non-U.S. locations

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