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

ConditionPleural Diseases

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorNational Taiwan University Hospital

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients with radiographic evidence of pleural disease

Disqualifiers

Age < 18 y/o

Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

different types of ultrasound technique

Treatment groups

234 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov