# A Comparison of Methods for Assisting Needle Angle Selection During Image-guided Tissue Biopsy

> **NCT01218854** · PHASE1 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)** · enrollment: 17 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Lung Neoplasms
- Liver Neoplasms
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Cancer

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Needle angle measurement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01218854
- **Lead sponsor:** National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-03-20
- **Primary completion:** 2016-11-16
- **Final completion:** 2016-11-16
- **Target enrollment:** 17 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01218854

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01218854, "A Comparison of Methods for Assisting Needle Angle Selection During Image-guided Tissue Biopsy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01218854. Licensed CC0.

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