NCT06947629Not yet recruiting
Role of Frozen Section in Categorization of Thyroid Follicular Neoplasm
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Apr 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this prospective study is to assess the effectiveness of frozen section in distinguishing between benign and malignant tumors in the category of follicular thyroid neoplasm to prevent over-surgery for benign follicular neoplasm (lobectomy Vs total thyroidectomy). The main questions, it aims to answer are: The follicular neoplasm is benign or malignent? how far is FNAC valid and accurate? Researchers will compare the results of frozen section and paraffin embedded sections to evaluate the validity and accuracy of FNAC.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 2 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Assiut University
- Diseases
- Thyroid cancer, Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT06947629
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 48
- From 2 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Jul 2026
- 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 illness
- Cases with thyroid nodule and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology as non-neoplastic lesions, suspicious for malignancy or as malignant.
Who the study is looking for
- Cases presented with a thyroid nodule, diagnosed as "follicular neoplasm" (Bethesda category IV) by fine needle aspiration cytology, and underwent hemi-thyroidectomy.
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assiut Universiy Hospital and Private pathology laboratory Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Asyut | Egypt | Unknown status |
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