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Thoracic Neoplasms

Every patient referred for medical thoracoscopy will be screened. The pCLE of the pleura will be performed 2 times. First, just before the thoracoscopy, through the Boutin's needle or the thoracentesis catheter and second through the working chanel of the pleuroscope. This last acquisition allows visual control to target the pleural endomicroscopy assessment. These two acquisitions will be compared between each other and with the histological samples of the pleuroscopy.

Probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy of the pleura

Duysinx Bernard, PhD

Recently, probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy showed to be able to distinguish malignant from benign pleura during medical thoracoscopy. However The clinical usefulness of this new tool remains to be determined.

The investigators believe that pCLE could be part of mini invasive pleural disease management and could be used during thoracentesis in order to increase the diagnostic yield of this procedure. The investigators are starting a prospective trial to recruit patients referred for medical thoracoscopy to the endoscopy unit.

First, the pCLE probe will be introduced through the Boutin's needle or the thoracentesis catheter, just before the thoracoscopy, in order to investigate the pleural pCLE features and to identify or exclude malignant infiltration. Second those features will be compared to the pCLE acquisition obtained during the medical thoracoscopy (the probe is introduced through the working chanel of the thoracoscope), under visual control. In order to compare the invasive and mini invasive acquisition, 10 criteria will be prospectively assessed.Third, These features will be compared to the histological samples performed during thoracoscopy. Finally, the interpretation of different investigators will be compared.

The 10 criteria are presented below:

1. Abnormal tissular architecture

   No: Correct identification of the previously described normal pleura characteristics Yes: identification of cellular/tissular structures which are not known to correspond to normal pleura (cellular clusters or dark clumps, glands, cells cordons, dysmorphic cells, papillar distribution....)
2. Cellular homogeneity is size, shape and fluorescence, as subjectively assessed by the investigator

   yes no
3. Mean cellular size:

   Small: \< 10µm Moderate: 10 - 20µm Large: \> 20µm
4. Cellular density (with reference to the Chia seed sign)

   Low (lower than the Chia seed sign) Moderate High
5. Dysplastic vessels:

   Yes: (vascular leaks, tortuous or giant vessels) No: no dysplasia
6. Vascular density (on a full optical area)

   Low: 0 -2 vessels Moderate: 3 - 4 vessels High: \> 4 vessels
7. Organized or anarchic connective fibers

   Anarchic: coarse fibers, irregular in shape, without well-defined architecture Organized : regular in shape and direction, well defined architecture.
8. Chia seed sign on a full optical areal

yes No

Mini Invasive Endomicroscopy of the Pleura for Malignancies Diagnosis

Mini Invasive Probe Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy of the Pleura for Malignancies Diagnosis

Before medical thoracoscopy, the pCLE probe will be introduced through the Boutin's needle or the thoracentesis catheter. The pleural pCLE acquisition will be assessed by two experienced and unblinded clinicians (aware of the medical history of the patient) during the procedure. A second acquisition and assessment of the criteria is performed thereafter during the medical thoracoscopy. 10 preselected criteria are used to assess the pCLE acquisition. They are the same than previously published (Bonhomme et al respirology 2020). A third blinded (not aware of the medical history of the patient) investigator will revise the pCLE acquisition (not the same day) to perform the same assessment.

The pCLE features assessed during the mini invasive procedure will be compared to the assessment performed during the thoracoscopy. This assessment will be performed by the blinded investigator. The investigator will not know wether the pCLE acquisition is from mini invasive or invasive procedure for his assessment. The 10 criteria assessed during mini invasive or invasive pleural assessment will be compared to determine their reproducibility. The results will be presented for each criteria as the proportion of concordance between mini and invasive assessment.

The assessment of the 10 criteria will be compared between the different investigators in order to determine the reproducibility of the investigation. The results will be presented for each criteria as the proportion of concordance between mini and invasive assessment.

Every (Serious)adverse event will be reported during the intervention or during post intervention surveillance (1 hour post intervention).

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Mini Invasive Endomicroscopy of the Pleura for Malignancies Diagnosis	NCT04731129	Pleural Disease... Pleural Neoplas...	Probe based con...	18 Years -	University of Liege
Mini Invasive Endomicroscopy of the Pleura for Malignancies Diagnosis	NCT04731129	Pleural Disease... Pleural Neoplas...	Probe based con...	18 Years -	University of Liege

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