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NCT05425875: BAL-3T

Comparison of Procedural Yield of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Using Three Different Techniques in Subjects Undergoing Flexible Bronchoscopy

Completed NA Last updated 15 August 2023
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Bronchoalveolar lavage using wall mount suction in Bronchoalveolar Lavaage in 942 participants. Completed in 30 June 2023.

Timeline
1 June 2022
Primary endpoint
30 June 2023
30 June 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingsingle
Primary purposediagnostic
Enrollment942
Start date1 June 2022
Primary completion30 June 2023
Estimated completion30 June 2023
Sites2 locations across India

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Who can join

Adults 18 to 90, any sex, with Bronchoalveolar Lavaage or Diffuse Lung Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) via flexible bronchoscopy is a method used to sample the cellular and microbiological components of the alveolar space. It is a procedure in which 2-3 measured aliquots of sterile normal saline are instilled after wedging the scope to the suitable segmental bronchus. BAL is performed from the segments/ lobes showing ground-glass opacities (GGO), tree-in-bud lesions or focal consolidations guided by HRCT. In diffuse lung involvement, BAL is performed either from RML or the lingula.\[3\] It is recovered through the bronchoscope via different suction methods so as to get a sample of epithelial lining fluid of small airways and alveoli. Either manual suction or wall suction can be used for aspiration of fluid during BAL. The fluid recovered is then sent for cytology and microbiology examination studies including AFB, MGIT, GeneXpert, Galactomannan, fungal cultures to diagnose various conditions like PAP, eosinophilic pneumonia, bacterial or fungal infections, specific forms of ILD. Three techniques have been described to perform BAL. To the best of our knowledge no previous study has compared the three methods of obtaining the BAL in the same cohort of subjects.The authors believe that the procedural yield of BAL will be best by manual suction using rubber tubing compared to manual suction without rubber tubing or wall suction. Herein, the investigators compare the three methods of obtaining BAL in subjects undergoing BAL for various respiratory diseases

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