SuspendedNot Applicable

Role of EBUS-TBNA in Diagnosing TB in Mediastinal/Hilar Lymph Nodes

Belgium50 participantsStarted 2010-12

Plain-language summary

This is an observational prospective study. Role of EBUS-TBNA (endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration) is evaluated to diagnose tuberculosis in mediastinal and/or hilar lymph nodes. The investigators analyse the specificity and sensibility of this technique to diagnose tuberculosis in mediastinal and/or hilar lymph nodes. Patients with mediastinal and/or hilar lymph nodes on X-ray or CT thorax where a tuberculosis is the most probable cause and who have no parenchymal lesions suspected for tuberculosis and without other lymph nodes that are more easily accessible or palpable will be included in this study.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * patients with enlarged mediastinal and/or hilar lymph nodes on chest CT highly suspicious of tuberculosis (suggestive clinical history, suggestive echographic findings ...) without pulmonary lesions suspicious for tuberculosis or in whom the first evaluation with sputum examination, classical bronchoscopy, induced sputum didn't result in any diagnosis. * patients aged 18 years or older * patients need to sign the consent form after reading the information form Exclusion Criteria: * synchronic pulmonary lesions suspicious for tuberculosis or already proven tuberculosis by microscopic exam, PCR-technique and/or culture * other affected ganglionary sites more easily accessible (cervical, supraclavicular, axillary ... region)

What they're measuring

The ratio of tuberculosis in mediastinal lymph nodes

Timeframe: 8 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01350674

SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12