Feasibility Study on the Contribution of Guided Puncture With Echoendoscopy (APOGEE)

Feasibility Study on the Contribution of Guided Puncture With Echoendoscopy in Evaluation of Hypermetabolic Lymphadenopathy Mediastinum Lower, Rear and Middle, Detected in PET-CT to 18 FDG (PET)

Impact of screening nodes mediastinal by PET, at different times of the management of cancer disease, remain unclear.

Benefits of combined PET and puncture with echoendoscopy for the diagnosis subsequent therapeutic management should be evaluated in these different contexts.

We would like to demonstrate the clinical utility of this association to replace more invasive diagnostic procedures and to assess the impact of the puncture on a possible modification of the therapeutic management.

It is a single center prospective diagnostic assessment

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypermetabolic Lymphadenopathy Mediastinum Lower, Posterior and Middle, Detected by PET-CT With 18F-FDG (PET)
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Guided punction of mediastinal lymphadenopathy by echoendoscopy; Device: PET scan

Detailed Description

Main objective :

Assess the performance (in terms of sensitivity) of guided punction by echoendoscopy in the characterization of hypermetabolic mediastinal lymph nodes in PET, in a context of New cancer or cancer recurrence.

Conduct of the study :

When a patient has had a PET scan showing a hypermetabolic or mediastinal lymph nodes in the lower, middle or posterior, his case is presented in a multidisciplinary meeting (PCR # 1), with definition of diagnostic strategy:

Approved indication is achieve a biopsy surgically to have a histological documentation of mediastinal lymph nodes with obvious impact on treatment decisions.

We distinguish two groups of patients based on the feasibility of the surgical procedure:

1. Group A biopsy is surgically feasible

2. Group B: biopsy by surgery can not be performed (against medical contraindications or anesthetics) at that moment, definition of therapeutic strategy that was decided in the absence of histological documentation:

   • Surgery outset
   • Chemotherapy or other oncological treatment
   • Supports non-oncological if benign disease suspected
   • No treatment.

EUS is performed by oesophageal for two patient groups for the two groups of patients (within a maximum period of six weeks after the PET scan), under general anesthesia and endoscopic control.

According the pathological findings, the therapeutic strategy is defined in a second PCR (PCR # 2), to assess the impact of the puncture:

• Surgery outset
• Chemotherapy or other oncological treatment
• Supports non-oncological when benign pathology documented
• No treatment
• Selecting another surgical diagnostic procedure (non-contributory income).

A patient monitoring will be conducted for 12 months. The clinical and radiological data carried over the standard of care of the patient will be collected. Achieving a thoracoabdominopelvic scanner (TAP) at 1 year to characterize the evolution of the disease marks the end of the study for the patient.

For the patients who have had a negative biopsy, monitoring will involve a scanner TAP 6 month and 12 month then consultation with the oncologist.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 75
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Grionde
    • Bordeaux, Grionde, France, 33076
      • Insitut Bergonié

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Any patients who have had PET showing one or more hypermetabolic lymphadenopathy in middle mediastinum and/or lower and/or posterior, and requiring diagnostic certainty for support.

2. PET scans performed in these particulars :

   • Pre-treatment assessment of thoracic or extra-thoracic malignancies (patients without a history of cancer).
   • Evaluation of response to treatment referred to oncological.
   • Suspicion of relapse in patients with a personal history of thoracic or extra-thoracic malignancies.

3. PET, the result is positive :

   • For above-centimeter lymph node short axis: greater result than or equal to the background hepatic noise.
   • For sub-centimeter lymph node small axis : greater result than the background hepatic noise
4. Patient with indication of diagnostic procedure surgically (whether realized or not)
5. Lymph node(s) available(s) puncture by EUS esophageal, so for a technically feasible for esophageal puncture (without vascular recusants structures)
6. Age ≥ 18 years.
7. PET scan performed within 6 weeks before EUS
8. Platelets ≥ 70 000/mm3; TP ≥ 60%.
9. Patient of childbearing age with negative pregnancy test and / or a contraception.
10. Patient gave informed consent signed.
11. Patient affiliated to a social security scheme.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contra-indication (s) Director (s) to achieve a EUS.
• Balance adverse anesthetic (not allowing a general anesthetic).
• Esophageal stenosis.
• Coagulation disorders.
• Pregnant or lactating women.
• Unable to undergo medical monitoring test for geographical, social or psychological reasons.
• Private patient freedom and major subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to consent.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Other: hypermetabolic mediastinal lymph nodes in PET,; hypermetabolic mediastinal lymph nodes in PET,in a context of New cancer or cancer recurrence.

Procedure: Guided punction of mediastinal lymphadenopathy by echoendoscopy; EUS (by oesophageal) is performed within a maximum period of six weeks after the PET scan, under general anesthesia and endoscopic control, with a disposable 19-gauge needle (EchoTip, Cook Endoscopy) and 3 passes of the needle ganglion. Pathological samples are taken : 3 tubes collected by node (one tube per needle pass), in most cases, only one node will be taken.; Device: PET scan; The benefits of combined PET and punction EUS for the diagnosis and subsequent therapeutic management should be evaluated in these different contexts

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided (EUS-guided) Puncture	The performance of EUS-guided biopsy has been evaluated in terms of sensitivity. EUS-guided was performed after detection of lymph nodes with positron emission tomography (PET). In most cases, only one lymph node is taken and performance analysis will be done by patient and not by injury. PET, the reference technique (gold standard), is followed for 12 months. Sensitivity is the rate of subjects with a diagnosis of malignancy (excluding the results atypical / suspicious or non-contributory) according the results of EUS among all subjects with a neoplastic disease by the gold reference. To sum up , the sensitivity corresponds to the rate of patients detected as "malignant" with the new technique (EUS-guided), among the patients detected as "malignant" at the reference PET examination (12 months assessment).	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Negative Predictive Value	The negative predictive value of EUS-guided biopsy has been evaluated by the rate of subjects with a diagnosis of benign pathology according the gold standard (PET) among all subjects for wich EUS reveal a benign pathology (excluding atypical/suspects findings or non contributory)	12 months
Matching Between Therapeutic Strategies RCP1/RCP2	Impact of the management of patient : Concordance between therapeutic strategies before the results of the endoscopy (Multidisciplinary consultation meeting 1 (RCP1) in absence of documentation) and after the results of endoscopy (Multidisciplinary consultation meeting 2 (RCP2) post-documentation) for the eligible and evaluable population	12 months
Clinical Utility (Avoid More Invasive Procedure)	The clinical utility of puncture under echo-endoscopy puncture has been considered to have a clinical utility, if it allows the patient to avoid more invasive diagnostic procedures (mediastinoscopy or thoracoscopy) or if it allows the patient to benefit from appropriate treatment (result of the malignant biopsy) or to avoid receiving unjustified treatment (result of the benign biopsy): case of patients well classified as malignant/benign by puncture under echo-endoscopy. The puncture will be considered to have no clinical utility if the result of the puncture under echo-endoscopy is invalidated by the reference examination, or if the result of the puncture does not allow a diagnosis to be made.	12 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Side Effects - Number of Adverse Event Declared According to DINDO Classification	In all cases the side effects associated with the implementation of the guided puncture EUS has been collected and classified according to the classification of surgical complications of Clavien-Dindo [P Clavien and al. Ann Surg 2009, 250: 187-96]. Classification of surgical complications of Clavien-Dindo ranges from grade 1 (any deviation from the normal postoperative course) to grade 5 (death of patient)	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Institut Bergonié

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Bechade D, Bellera C, Gauquelin L, Soubeyran I, McKelvie-Sebileau P, Debled M, Chomy F, Roubaud G, Fonck M, Pernot S, Roch A, Cazeau AL. Diagnostic accuracy and clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT)-positive mediastinal lymphadenopathies in patients with thoracic or extra-thoracic malignancies. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2022 May;46(5):101912. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2022.101912. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

Helpful Links

• National Cancer Institut
• Official site Bergonie

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 8, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 10, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): October 10, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 26, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2013
• First Posted (Estimated): July 4, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 3, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 22, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: EUS; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; PET CT to 18FDG
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphadenopathy; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis; Tomography; Diagnostic Imaging; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Image Enhancement; Photography; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Radionuclide Imaging; Diagnostic Techniques, Radioisotope; Positron-Emission Tomography
• Other Study ID Numbers: IB 2012-01