Cryoprobe Transbronchial Lung Biopsy in Lung Transplant Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Lung transplant recipients undergo bronchoscopy with biopsies for clinical indications and for surveillance in the diagnosis of acute rejection using standard transbronchial forceps. It is recognized that standard forceps biopsies underestimate the presence or degree of airway rejection due to crush artifact and sample size. Transbronchial cryobiopsies have been shown in the literature to provide larger samples without crush artifact in a safe fashion in lung cancer patients. The aim of this study is to determine if transbronchial cryobiopsy is superior to standard transbronchial forceps biopsies in regards to sample size, architecture and the diagnosis of early rejection in lung transplant recipients which if discovered earlier may improve survival.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Lung Transplantation

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01694615
Study type	Interventional
Source	Johns Hopkins University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	November 2011
Completion date	September 2015

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