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Study NCT ID: NCT06423105
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2024-05-23
First Post: 2024-05-15

Brief Title: Influencing Factors and Prediction Model of False-negative Central Lymph Nodes in Thyroid Cancer Patients
Sponsor: Ningning Ren
Organization: Shandong Provincial Hospital

Study Overview

Official Title: Influencing Factors and Prediction Model of False-negative Central Lymph Nodes in Thyroid Cancer Patients a Cohort Study
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-05
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The problem of false-negative lymph nodes in the central region CLN refers to the inability to detect lymph nodes LN metastasis during preoperative ultrasound examination but is confirmed by surgical and postoperative pathological examination According to this study the false-negative rate of CLN of patients with TC was relatively high at approximately 717 The high proportion of false-negatives indicates limitations in the sensitivity of ultrasound examination especially for detecting small LN or small metastases The presence of false-negative CLN directly affects clinical practice First it may lead to insufficient selection of treatment strategies for patients with TC thereby affecting their prognosis Second such false-negative results may lead surgeons to overly trust ultrasound examination during preoperative evaluation neglecting the importance of comprehensive clinical information and thus affecting the formulation of treatment plans This study aimed to explore the factors influencing false-negative CLN through a cohort study and to establish a predictive model
Detailed Description: Setting and Population This study collected 6369 patients admitted to the Breast and Thyroid Surgery Department of Shandong Provincial Hospital between January 2013 and December 2023 who were diagnosed with TC through postoperative pathology SDC Figure 1 All patients included in the study signed a written informed consent form before surgery Ethical approval for this study NOSWYX2024-225 was provided by the Ethical Committee of Shandong Provincial Hospital Jinan China on 15 April 2024 According to the relevant literature the criteria for identifying abnormal cervical LN under ultrasound are disappearance of the LN hilum structure or abnormalities in the skin and medulla LN becoming round or having an increased aspect ratio microcalcifications in the LN cystic changes present in LN and abnormal blood flow signals in LN17 The inclusion and exclusion criteria are all cases are newly diagnosed TC cases all cases underwent preoperative thyroid and neck LN examinations by the Ultrasound Department of Shandong Provincial Hospital all cases underwent thyroid surgery for the first time all cases were diagnosed with TC through postoperative pathological examination excluding cases of other combined tumors or major diseases This study used the postoperative paraffin pathology results as the gold standard for diagnostic testing All ultrasound examinations were performed by two ultrasound physicians When two ultrasound physicians had different opinions a third senior ultrasound physician was requested to assist in the evaluation

Data Collection After obtaining written consent we recorded the patient39s relevant information in detail and followed up on the patient39s postoperative paraffin pathology results The collected and organized items included 1 sex age and past medical history 2 preoperative ultrasound information 3 preoperative fine-needle biopsy information 4 surgical information 5 postoperative pathological information and 6 immunohistochemical information

Statistical Analysis This study first analyzed the baseline data of the included patients and obtained descriptive data on the current status of patients with TC Table 1 This study also analyzed the efficacy of ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration FNA for the evaluation of cervical LN Table 2 Subsequently analysis was conducted on 52 factors that may cause false-negative CLN of TC Table 3 A total of 16 statistically significant influencing factors were identified Table 4 To construct a predictive model for the occurrence of false-negative CLN of the thyroid gland we selected five preoperative influencing factors with predictive significance from eight preoperative influencing factors and drew a forest chart for data visualization and outcome prediction

This study was analyzed using IBM SPSS 290 software Quantitative data are represented by mean standard deviation when it follows a normal distribution and homogeneity of variance and an independent sample t-test is used for comparison between the two groups the median P25 P75 is used to represent non-normal distributions and a non-parametric Mann-Whitney test is used for comparison between the two groups Qualitative data were expressed as percentages and intergroup comparisons were conducted using the chi-square or Fisher39s exact test Variables with statistical significance in the univariate analysis and those professionally considered to have an impact on the outcome were included in the logistic regression model to explore the independent factors influencing the outcome The test level P was set at 005 A forest map was drawn using Graphpad Prism 1012 software and a column chart and credibility analysis were drawn using R Studio 43 software

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None