Clinical trial · Observational
The Role of an Optical Probe in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Pilot Study
The Role of an Optical Probe in the Detection of Thyroid Cancer and Normal Thyroid Tissue in a Thyroidectomy Specimen: A Pilot Study
NCT01792492CI-TRIAL-00021536completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study will investigate the usefulness of an optical probe in the differentiation of thyroid cancer from normal thyroid tissue in a thyroidectomy specimen.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Cancer | Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Thyroid Neoplasms | Thyroid Gland Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Thyroid Nodule | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Assess optical probe for the differentiation of thyroid cancer from normal thyroid tissue and benign thyroid nodules
- timeFrame
- two years
- description
- The objective is to assess a device called an optical probe for the differentiation of thyroid cancer from normal thyroid tissue, benign thyroid nodules or parathyroid glands, and the detection of thyroid cancer within lymph nodes using a hand-held spectroscope, compare the spectra from benign and malignant thyroid nodules and use this to discriminate benign from malignant nodules based on final histopathology or cytology as the gold standard.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects undergoing thyroid surgery for thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, and thyroid goiter with nodules. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects whose thyroid specimens have been put in formalin
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available
No reference posted for this study.