# Beacon BNX™ Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Needle vs SharkCore™ Needle

> **NCT02872831** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Thomas Jefferson University**

## Conditions studied

- Pancreatic Cancer
- Lymphadenopathy
- Cholangiocarcinoma

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** 22G SharkCore™ needle
- **DEVICE:** 22G BNX EUS-FNA Needle

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02872831
- **Lead sponsor:** Thomas Jefferson University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2016-07
- **Primary completion:** 2017-07
- **Final completion:** 2017-11
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Principal Investigator let the institution prior to study initiation.
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-13


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02872831

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02872831, "Beacon BNX™ Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Needle vs SharkCore™ Needle". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02872831. Licensed CC0.

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