Clinical Utility for Ion Endoluminal System
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03893539 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 28, 2019
Last Update Posted : September 16, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pulmonary Nodule Lung Cancer Lung Diseases | Device: Ion Endoluminal System™ | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 365 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Other |
Official Title: | PRECIsE: A Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical Utility for the Ion Endoluminal System |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 29, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 26, 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Robotic Bronchoscopy
The Ion™ Endoluminal System assists the user in navigating a catheter and endoscopic tools in the pulmonary tract using endoscopic visualization of the tracheobronchial tree for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The Ion™ Endoluminal System enables fiducial marker placement. It does not make a diagnosis and is not for pediatric use.
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Device: Ion Endoluminal System™
The Ion™ Endoluminal System, Model IF1000, is a software-controlled, electro-mechanical system designed to assist qualified physicians to navigate a catheter and endoscopic tools in the pulmonary tract using endoscopic visualization of the tracheobronchial tree for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. |
- Navigation Success [ Time Frame: Day 1 (Time of Procedure) ]
- Biopsy Success [ Time Frame: Day 1 (Time of Procedure) ]
- Sensitivity for Malignancy of System-Obtained Sample [ Time Frame: 14 months Post-Procedure ]
- Complications [ Time Frame: Intra-procedure, Immediately Post-Procedure, Day 10 Post-Procedure, Day 30 Post-Procedure ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 18 years and older
- Patient is suitable for elective bronchoscopy
- Patients with a moderate to high risk of lung cancer based on clinical, demographic and radiologic information or with suspected metastatic disease
- Solid or semi-solid pulmonary nodules of ≥ 1cm and ≤ 3cm in largest dimension
- Nodule is located in bronchial generation 4+ (i.e. beyond segmental bronchus*
- Patients are candidates for CT-guided needle biopsy and/or surgical resection
- Patient able to understand and adhere to study requirements
- Patient able to understand and adhere to study requirements and able to provide informed consent
- Patient not legally incapacitated or in legal/court ordered institution
- Patients with no dependency on the investigator or sponsor
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lack of fitness or exercise capacity to undergo bronchoscopy under general anesthesia as determined by physician prior to procedure
- Acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina ≤ 6 weeks prior to study procedure
- Clinically relevant partial trachea obstruction or obstruction of vena cava per physician assessment
- Acute respiratory failure, clinically significant hypoxemia, or high respiratory rate (i.e.> 30 breaths per minute) per physician assessment)
- Renal insufficiency that presents risk per physician's discretion or liver failure (i.e. CHILD-PUGH Class C)
- World Health Organization functional Class III or Class IV Pulmonary Hypertension or history of clinically significant mPAP
- Lung abscess
- Known or suspected pregnancy
- Recent head injury (<12 weeks pre-procedure) or subjects presenting with clinically significant neurologic deficits
- Unstable hemodynamic status (i.e. Dysrhythmia requiring intervention, altered mental status/consciousness)
- Subjects with pure ground glass opacity target nodule
- Inability to adequately oxygenate subject during procedure per physicians discretion (i.e. unable to achieve S02 > 92% or requiring >4L of oxygen prior to procedure)
- Subject with uncorrectable coagulopathy, bleeding or platelet disorders, history of major bleeding with bronchoscopy
- Subjects contraindicated for intubation or general anesthesia, or subjects with ASA ≥ 4
- Subjects taking antiplatelet (i.e. clopidogrel), anti-coagulant (i.e heparin or warfarin) or platelet aggression inhibitors (i.e. Abciximab or Eptifibatide) medications that cannot be stopped per standard practice, i.e. 5-7 days pre-procedure or heparin that cannot be held according to standard practice (6-12 hours). Aspirin not included.
- Any severe or life-threatening comorbidity that could increase the risk of bronchoscopic biopsy (i.e. >Stage 3 heart failure)
- Moderate-to-severe pulmonary fibrosis presenting procedural risk as assessed by physician
- Endobronchial lesion associated with lobar atelectasis
- Presence of bullae >1cm located within a cone based trajectory of biopsy instruments or in location presenting risk per physician assessment
- Known allergy, sensitivity or previous allergic reaction to ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA)
- Subjects taking the following medications: Immunosuppressive treatment with systemic azathioprine, Cyclosporine, antibodies or cytostatics, other chemotherapeutic agents or medications acting on immunophilins
- Non-systemic treatment for lung cancer (i.e. SBRT, ablation) performed in the same lobe as the target nodule(s)
- Previous surgical intervention (i.e. wedge resection or lobectomy) within the same lobe as target nodule (s)
- Participation in any interventional clinical study or clinical study with experimental agents or agents of unknown risk in last 30 days prior to screening

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03893539
United States, Massachusetts | |
Massachusetts General Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114 | |
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215 | |
United States, Michigan | |
Henry Ford Health System | |
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
Mayo Clinic | |
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital | |
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States, 28374 | |
United States, Texas | |
MD Anderson Cancer Center | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77054 |
Study Chair: | Erik Folch, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Intuitive Surgical |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03893539 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ISI-ION-001-2018 |
First Posted: | March 28, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 16, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Lung Neoplasms |
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |