Trial Comparing 19 and 25-gauge EUS-FNA Needles

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

72

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2013

Conditions
Cancer of PancreasPancreatic Neoplasm
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Pancreatic Biopsy

A FNA needle will be used to biopsy the pancreatic mass. The rates of diagnostic accuracy (%) will be assessed. Diagnostic accuracy is defined as the proportion of patients in whom a definitive diagnosis can be obtained within a predetermined number of FNA passes.

PROCEDURE

Histological Samples

The proportion of patients (%) in whom a histological tissue can be obtained when performing a biopsy of the pancreas using a specific needle will be assessed.

Trial Locations (2)

32814

Florida Hospital, Orlando

35294

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

lead

AdventHealth

OTHER

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