Application of Surgical Navigation System in Sentinel Lymph Node of Breast Cancer Research

N/ACompletedNCT02084784

Chinese Academy of Sciences98 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to compare the sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection rate of early breast cancer patients between using Indocyanine green (ICG) and Methylene blue with a novel surgical navigation system.

Assessment of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in patients with early stage breast cancer is vital in selecting the appropriate surgical approach. However, the existing methods, including methylene blue and nuclides, possess low efficiency and effectiveness in mapping SLNs, and to a certain extent exert side effects during application. Indocyanine green (ICG), as a fluorescent dye, has been proved reliable usage in SLN detection by several other groups. In this paper, the investigators introduce a novel surgical navigation system to detect SLN with ICG. This system contains two charge-coupled devices (CCD) to simultaneously capture real-time color and fluorescent video images through two different bands. During surgery, surgeons only need to follow the fluorescence display. In addition, the system saves data automatically during surgery enabling surgeons to find the registration point easily according to image recognition algorithms. The investigators aim to show that the usage of our surgical navigation system with ICG to detect SLNs in breast cancer patients is technically feasible.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sentinel Lymph Node Breast Cancer

Interventions

Indocyanine greenDRUG

Subcutaneous injection around the areola with 2-4 points Indocyanine green with 1ml of 0.5%

methylene blueDRUG

Subcutaneous injection around the areola with 2-4 points Methylene blue with 1ml of 1%

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: (Before the test, all the subjects required for meeting the entry requirements before they join the group) * female patients; * The preoperative core needle biopsy or open surgical excision biopsy diagnosis as breast cancer; * tumor diameter ≤ 3cm; * No clinical examination of suspicious axillary lymph node-positive; * diagnosed clinical conditions can be directly surgery as I, II breast cancer patients; * preoperative clinical or radiologic evidence without distant metastases (M0); * signed informed consent. Exclusion criteria: (Before the test, the subjects under any one of items to meet the requirements can not be enrolled) * Sentinel lymph node biopsy history had received surgery or axillary area; * multi-center breast cancer or multiple lesions; * clinical axillary lymph node metastasis have been found; * mammary area had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy; * inflammatory breast cancer; * pregnancy; * no personal freedom and independent civil capacity. Exclusion criteria: (trials, subjects necessary to meet the requirements of any one item, exit the clinical trial research.) * severe allergic reaction occurs; * persistent allergic reaction; * subjects were required to withdraw from a clinical trial; * researchers consider it not appropriate to continue to participate in the clinical trial investigator.

Locations (1)

Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sentinel lymph node detection rate

Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 1 year

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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