NCT03078452Completed
Evaluating Effectiveness of Powered Drill Bone Marrow Biopsy
Comparison of Quality of Bone Marrow Biopsy and Patient Convenience and Pain Control by a Battery Powered Drill Versus Conventional Methods in Patients With Plasma Cell Disorders
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Since the introduction of the Jamshidi needle in 1971, new advances in bone marrow sampling have not been seen. In 2007, a new battery-powered bone marrow biopsy system was developed. This technology, using a battery-powered drill to operate the needle accessing the posterior iliac bone, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is currently commercially available. Few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared the use of the battery-powered bone marrow biopsy system to the Jamshidi needle (the traditional manual) method of bone marrow sampling. This research study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Jamshidi needle compared to the battery-powered bone marrow biopsy system. 100 participants will be enrolled in this study at Emory University.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- First submitted
- 10 Mar 2017
- Start date
- 14 Feb 2017
- Primary completion date
- 1 Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Emory University
- Diseases
- Multiple myeloma, Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT03078452
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 100
- From 14 Feb 2017 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2023
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- Pregnant women are excluded from participating in this study
Who the study is looking for
- All patients with existing plasma cell disorders and no history of psychiatric disorders who can receive conscious sedation are eligible to participate in the trial
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
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