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Pancreatic NeoplasmCOSNCT02181140

Core Biopsy Endo Sonography Study Evaluation of the Significance of the Pro-core® Needle

A study testing EUS guided FNA and fine needle punction in people with Pancreatic Neoplasm, run by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf at 1 site in Germany.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The study is designed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new designed endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) Core biopsy aspiration needle in comparison to a conventional EUS aspiration needle in GI-tumors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Pancreatic Neoplasm
What is being tested?
EUS guided FNA and fine needle punction
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
56 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
Aug 2011to Oct 2014
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • clinical indication for endoscopic ultrasound diagnostics with fine needle biopsies
  • age greater than 18 years

Who cannot join

  • difficult or impossible approach to desired structures due to anatomy (postoperative anatomy, e.g.)
  • cystic lesion, e.g. cystic pancreas tumors
  • coagulopathy
  • severe general condition of the patient
  • other contraindications for endoscopical ultrasound aided fine needle punction

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    Hamburg, 20246

Other trials in Germany

About this study

Official title: Prospective Evaluation of the Significance of the Pro-core® Needle in Differential Diagnosis of Tumorous and Inflammatory Processes

The study is designed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new designed endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) Core biopsy aspiration needle in comparison to a conventional EUS aspiration needle in GI-tumors.

Read the detailed description

Endoscopic ultrasound is an established examination method for tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and the pancreas. Since imaging by itself is limited in differential diagnosis of tumors, EUS guided fine needle aspiration is seen as a valid complementary method. Since fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is mainly based on cytological diagnostics, this method is limited also because of lacking supplementary immune- histochemical diagnostics. Here, the obtainment of little histologically evaluable tissue samples (punched barrels) would be of benefit.

A new punch needle device called Pro-core needle (Cook)(22 / 19 gauges) offers the possibility of increasing numbers of valid extractions of histologically evaluable tissues due to a better targeted precision and maneuverability in comparison to other devices of that kind (tru-cut needles, e.g.). A little notch at the pinpoint allows the obtainment of little tissue samples, that will be kept within the device by aspiration.

This study compares the obtainment of tissue by Proc-core needle and conventional aspiration punction systems.

Being tested
EUS guided FNA and fine needle punction
Keywords
fine needle aspiration, core biopsy, endoscopic ultrasound, space occupying process mediastinal, perigastral, perihilar, suspect lymph nodes mediastinal, perigastral or perihilar, diagnostic accuracy of EUS guided core biopsy
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • EUS guided FNA and fine needle punctionDevice

    punction of a suspect area by a EUS guided fine needle as well as pro core fine needle to evacuate histology and smear biologics

Study groups in NCT02181140
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
EUS guided FNA and fine needle punctionOtherpunction of endosonographically identified space-occupying process with aspirating fine needle and pro core fine needle in a randomized order
Receives: Device: EUS guided FNA and fine needle punction

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Diagnostic Accuracy

    Diagnostic accuracy of Pro-core needle (22 G) will be compared to conventional fine needle aspiration (22 G). Therefore EUS-FNA with both needles is undertaken in a random order in each lesion. For Pro-core needle, a histological / cytological diagnosis and quality assessment will be made by pathologists.For Echotip aspiration needle, reference cytology evaluation is done by cytology experts.

    The histopathological diagnosis after surgery or the clinical follow up of at least one year after EUS FNA is current standard.

    Measured: up to 1 year

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. EUS Pro Core FNA: Histology Samples

    Histology (not cytology) samples for Pro-core Needle: Number of adequately evaluable histology samples

    Measured: day 0 and day 14

  2. Complication Rates

    Complication rates of EUS FNA

    Measured: day 0 and day 14

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Jul 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2011
  3. Primary completionOct 2014
  4. Study completionOct 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
56 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02181140
Sponsor's protocol ID
PV 3835
Acronym
COS
Status last verified
Apr 2019
First submitted
8 Jul 2013
Last updated
18 Jun 2019
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Parikh P, Shiloach M, Cohen ME, Bilimoria KY, Ko CY, Hall BL, Pitt HA. Pancreatectomy risk calculator: an ACS-NSQIP resource. HPB (Oxford). 2010 Sep;12(7):488-97. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00216.x.

    PubMed 20815858
  • van der Gaag NA, Rauws EA, van Eijck CH, Bruno MJ, van der Harst E, Kubben FJ, Gerritsen JJ, Greve JW, Gerhards MF, de Hingh IH, Klinkenbijl JH, Nio CY, de Castro SM, Busch OR, van Gulik TM, Bossuyt PM, Gouma DJ. Preoperative biliary drainage for cancer of the head of the pancreas. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 14;362(2):129-37. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0903230.

    PubMed 20071702
  • Moller K, Papanikolaou IS, Toermer T, Delicha EM, Sarbia M, Schenck U, Koch M, Al-Abadi H, Meining A, Schmidt H, Schulz HJ, Wiedenmann B, Rosch T. EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: high yield of 2 passes with combined histologic-cytologic analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Jul;70(1):60-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.10.008. Epub 2009 Apr 25.

    PubMed 19394012
  • Takahashi K, Yamao K, Okubo K, Sawaki A, Mizuno N, Ashida R, Koshikawa T, Ueyama Y, Kasugai K, Hase S, Kakumu S. Differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and focal pancreatitis by using EUS-guided FNA. Gastrointest Endosc. 2005 Jan;61(1):76-9. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(04)02224-2.

    PubMed 15672060
  • Iglesias-Garcia J, Dominguez-Munoz E, Lozano-Leon A, Abdulkader I, Larino-Noia J, Antunez J, Forteza J. Impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for diagnosis of pancreatic masses. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan 14;13(2):289-93. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i2.289.

    PubMed 17226911
  • Sudhoff T, Hollerbach S, Wilhelms I, Willert J, Reiser M, Topalidis T, Schmiegel W, Graeven U. [Clinical utility of EUS-FNA in upper gastrointestinal and mediastinal disease]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2004 Oct 15;129(42):2227-32. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-831867. German.

    PubMed 15483756
  • Aithal GP, Anagnostopoulos GK, Tam W, Dean J, Zaitoun A, Kocjan G, Ragunath K, Pereira SP. EUS-guided tissue sampling: comparison of "dual sampling" (Trucut biopsy plus FNA) with "sequential sampling" (Trucut biopsy and then FNA as required). Endoscopy. 2007 Aug;39(8):725-30. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-966400. Epub 2007 Jul 10.

    PubMed 17620230
  • Wittmann J, Kocjan G, Sgouros SN, Deheragoda M, Pereira SP. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue sampling by combined fine needle aspiration and trucut needle biopsy: a prospective study. Cytopathology. 2006 Feb;17(1):27-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2006.00313.x.

    PubMed 16417562
  • Shah SM, Ribeiro A, Levi J, Jorda M, Rocha-Lima C, Sleeman D, Hamilton-Nelson K, Ganjei-Azar P, Barkin J. EUS-guided fine needle aspiration with and without trucut biopsy of pancreatic masses. JOP. 2008 Jul 10;9(4):422-30.

    PubMed 18648133
  • Storch I, Shah M, Thurer R, Donna E, Ribeiro A. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and Trucut biopsy in thoracic lesions: when tissue is the issue. Surg Endosc. 2008 Jan;22(1):86-90. doi: 10.1007/s00464-007-9374-x. Epub 2007 May 4.

    PubMed 17479313
  • Storch I, Jorda M, Thurer R, Raez L, Rocha-Lima C, Vernon S, Ribeiro A. Advantage of EUS Trucut biopsy combined with fine-needle aspiration without immediate on-site cytopathologic examination. Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Oct;64(4):505-11. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.02.056. Epub 2006 Jun 6.

    PubMed 16996340
  • Saftoiu A, Vilmann P, Guldhammer Skov B, Georgescu CV. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided Trucut biopsy adds significant information to EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration in selected patients: a prospective study. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan;42(1):117-25. doi: 10.1080/00365520600789800.

    PubMed 17190771
  • Sakamoto H, Kitano M, Komaki T, Noda K, Chikugo T, Dote K, Takeyama Y, Das K, Yamao K, Kudo M. Prospective comparative study of the EUS guided 25-gauge FNA needle with the 19-gauge Trucut needle and 22-gauge FNA needle in patients with solid pancreatic masses. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Mar;24(3):384-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05636.x. Epub 2008 Nov 20.

    PubMed 19032453
  • Siddiqui UD, Rossi F, Rosenthal LS, Padda MS, Murali-Dharan V, Aslanian HR. EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: a prospective, randomized trial comparing 22-gauge and 25-gauge needles. Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Dec;70(6):1093-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.05.037. Epub 2009 Jul 28.

    PubMed 19640524
  • Jenssen C, Faiss S, Nurnberg D. [Complications of endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound-guided interventions - results of a survey among German centers]. Z Gastroenterol. 2008 Oct;46(10):1177-84. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1027334. Epub 2008 Oct 20. German.

    PubMed 18937186

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing EUS guided FNA and fine needle punction in people with Pancreatic Neoplasm, run by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf at 1 site in Germany.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jun 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 16 Sep 2015). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Diagnostic Accuracy (time frame: up to 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02181140, which also lists 23 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Jun 2019.

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