Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle-Aspiration With Suction in Obtaining Samples From Patients With Suspected Nodal Metastatic Lung Cancer
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Lead
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate if suction applied with a vacuum syringe during EBUS-TBNA sampling helps to obtain more material for molecular analyses.
OUTLINE:
Patients undergo bronchoscopy with EBUS-TBUA first without and then with applied vacuum.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Computed tomography (CT)-scan finding suspicious for lung cancer with nodal metastases
Clinically stable to undergo diagnostic workup by bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound
You may not be if
Pregnant female
Minors
Prisoners
Patients with contraindication for EBUS such as non-reversible anticoagulation
