Status:

COMPLETED

Injection Methods in Finding the Sentinel Lymph Node During Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Invasive Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as lymphoscintigraphy using an injection under the nipple or near the tumor, may help doctors find out how far the disease has spread. PURPOSE: This clinical tr...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Compare subareolar injection with peritumoral injection in identifying the sentinel node during breast lymphatic mapping in patients with invasive breast cancer. * Compare the lymphatic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have either pathologic, radiologic or clinical evidence of breast cancer with invasion, suspicious for invasion or microinvasion.
  • Patients who are candidates for a total mastectomy or segmental mastectomy or axillary dissection.
  • Patients who have undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy who have an FNA confirmed lymph node positive for metastatic disease prior to induction chemotherapy and are then found to have grossly palpable disease but are ultrasound node negative at time of study entry.
  • Patients must sign an informed consent and be registered before the procedure is performed.

Exclusion

  • A pregnancy test will be required preoperatively in women of childbearing potential and patients who are pregnant will be excluded from this study.
  • Patients who have undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy who have an FNA confirmed lymph node metastatic disease prior to induction chemotherapy and are then found to have grossly suspicious palpable disease and are ultrasound node positive at the time of study entry.
  • Patients with known allergy to isosulfan blue dye or any related compounds.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

74 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00438477

Start Date

June 1 2005

End Date

April 1 2008

Last Update

July 30 2012

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M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009