EBUS-TBNA Versus EBUS-TBNB

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2014
A prospective diagnostic clinical study randomising patients undergoing endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) of enlarged mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes to have sampling using the usual EBUS-TBNA needle or a novel biopsy forceps (EBUS-TBNB). The study aims to establish whether the use of EBUS-TBNB can significantly increase the diagnostic yield over EBUS-TBNA, without an increase in complication rates.
Epistemonikos ID: 17f64cbd53f715a9c0697e614892e47277bb59c0
First added on: May 10, 2024