Surveillance Versus Bronchoscopy After Airway Stenting

Launched by ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · Apr 11, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at two different ways to monitor patients who have received bronchial stents, which are small tubes placed in the airways to keep them open. The study is comparing regular check-up procedures called surveillance bronchoscopy with no additional monitoring after the stent is placed. The goal is to see if one method is better than the other in keeping patients healthy after they have had this procedure.

To be eligible for this trial, participants must be adults who need stenting in their central airways, which includes the trachea and main bronchi. Unfortunately, those who cannot understand or consent to the study due to mental health issues, those with certain types of stents, or patients who are very ill and cannot handle follow-up procedures are not able to participate. If someone joins the study, they will receive either the standard follow-up care or no extra monitoring, and researchers will carefully track their health outcomes to determine the best approach for future patients.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • All adult patients that undergo central airway (trachea, main stem bronchi and bronchus intermedius) stenting.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Inability to obtain informed consent due to cognitive, neurologic or psychiatric impairment.
• • Lobar or segmental stents alone
• • Terminally ill patients considered too sick to undergo a follow-up surveillance bronchoscopy
• • Stent insertion as a trial for excessive central airway collapse (as the duration of these stents is only 1-2 weeks)
• • Patients with a tracheostomy (as these patients can undergo frequent in-line suctioning that can affect the outcomes being assessed)