Clinical Trial

Differentiation of Benign From Malignant Thyroid Nodules Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

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Summary
Patients with thyroid nodules are currently investigated with ultrasound with or without biopsy. Despite these investigations, a subset of patients remain "indeterminate" whereby a cancer can neither be diagnosed nor ruled out - these patients will usually be recommended to undergo diagnostic surgery. This study aims to assess a new technique called diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to determine if this can differentiate between benign and cancerous nodules, particularly in these indeterminate cases.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07124065
Lead Sponsor Imperial College London
Conditions Thyroid Cancer, Nodule Solitary Thyroid
Enrollment 50 participants
Start Date 2024-03-20
Primary Completion 2024-12-31 (estimated)
Study Completion 2026-03-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2025-08-15