# The Effectiveness and Safety of Ultrasound Elastography Guided Pleural Biopsy in the Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Pleural Effusion

> **NCT05781659** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **China-Japan Friendship Hospital** · enrollment: 592 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusion

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Ultrasound elastography guided pleural biopsy
- **PROCEDURE:** Traditional ultrasound guided pleural biopsy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05781659
- **Lead sponsor:** China-Japan Friendship Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2023-04-07
- **Primary completion:** 2024-12-24
- **Final completion:** 2024-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 592 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2024-03-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05781659

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05781659, "The Effectiveness and Safety of Ultrasound Elastography Guided Pleural Biopsy in the Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Pleural Effusion". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05781659. Licensed CC0.

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