Clinical trial · Observational
Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound Elastography for Detection of Thyroid Cancer
Validation of Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound Elastography for Detection of Thyroid Cancer
- 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)
For patients with thyroid gland nodule, fine-needle aspiration biopsy has been proved to be an efficient tool for thyroid cancer diagnosis. However, it is somewhat an invasive procedure and is subject to sampling and analysis uncertainties. Thus, improved, more reliable criteria for determining which nodule should be be aspirated are needed. Ultrasound elastography has been shown to be useful in the differential diagnosis of breast and prostate cancers. Ultrasound elastography also may discriminate malignant from benign nodule.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elastography | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Thyroid Nodule | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- FNAB of Thyroid nodule
- description
- The Patients with thyroid nodule who are scheduled for FNAB
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Diagnostic performance of elastography using in-vivo compression for detection of thyroid cancer
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- Measuring ECI(Elasticity contrast index) of thyroid nodule by ultrasound elastography
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Determination of the parameters which could have influence on the diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography using in-vivo compression
- timeFrame
- One year
- description
- Analysis of clinical characteristics of thyroid nodules and patients which are related to the diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: \- The patients with thyroid nodule who are supposed to take fine needle aspiration biopsy Exclusion Criteria: \- The patients who do not want to participate in the study
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDDighe M, Bae U, Richardson ML, Dubinsky TJ, Minoshima S, Kim Y. Differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules with US elastography using carotid artery pulsation. Radiology. 2008 Aug;248(2):662-9. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2482071758. Epub 2008 Jun 6. PMID 18539888
- RESULTLuo S, Lim DJ, Kim Y. Objective ultrasound elastography scoring of thyroid nodules using spatiotemporal strain information. Med Phys. 2012 Mar;39(3):1182-9. doi: 10.1118/1.3679857. PMID 22380349
- RESULTLim DJ, Luo S, Kim MH, Ko SH, Kim Y. Interobserver agreement and intraobserver reproducibility in thyroid ultrasound elastography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Apr;198(4):896-901. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.7009. PMID 22451558