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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| EIS-T-02 |
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| Walter Reed Army Medical Center | FED |
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Patients over the age of 18 with thyroid nodules scheduled for surgery will undergo EIS scan. Each node will be scanned and graded form 1-5 (1=benign, 5=malignant). Results will be compared with final histopathology.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| A | This is a a single arm study evaluating the efficacy and accuracy of EIS in detecting malignant thyroid nodules. PAtients with thyroid nodules scheduled for surgery will undergo EIS examination. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Electrical Impedance Scanning (EIS) of the Thyroid gland | Device | Patients will be examined in the supine position. A cylinder electrode conveying 2.5V electrical current will be held by the patient. The patient will be scanned by a probe (similar to an ultrasound probe. The examination takes 5 minutes and there is no risk or discomfort. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Sensitivity and specificity of EIS | 5 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| NPV and PPV of EIS of the thyroid | 5 years |
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Patients over the age of 18 with thyroid nodules scheduled for surgery.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Aviram Nissan, MD | Hadassah Medical Organization | Principal Investigator |
| Alexander Stojadinovic, MD | Walter Reed Army Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Walter Reed Army MEdicla Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | United States | |||
| Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 18438123 | Derived | Nissan A, Peoples GE, Abu-Wasel B, Adair CF, Prus D, Howard RS, Lenington SG, Fields SI, Freund HR, Peretz T, Burch HB, Shriver CD, Stojadinovic A. Prospective trial evaluating electrical impedance scanning of thyroid nodules before thyroidectomy: final results. Ann Surg. 2008 May;247(5):843-53. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318165c757. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013964 | Thyroid Neoplasms |
| D016606 | Thyroid Nodule |
| ID | Term |
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| D004701 | Endocrine Gland Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D006258 | Head and Neck Neoplasms |
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No biospecimens are retained
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| Jersualem |
| 91240 |
| Israel |
| D004700 |
| Endocrine System Diseases |
| D013959 | Thyroid Diseases |