Status:

RECRUITING

Minimally INvasive Colon Cancer Surgery Through IMmunomics and Optical Mapping of the Sentinel Lymph Node.

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Ghent

Collaborating Sponsors:

Kom Op Tegen Kanker

Conditions:

Colon Cancer

Sentinel Lymph Node

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The project investigates the feasibility of laparoscopic fluorescent imaging for the intraoperative detection of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in colon cancer patients. In addition, the topology of im...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Tumor type: proven adenocarcinoma of the colon
  • Extent of disease (AJCC 7th edition): clinically node negative (stage II) non-metastatic colon cancer
  • Locally resectable disease
  • Adequate mental faculty, allowing to understand the proposed treatment protocol and provide informed consent
  • Laboratory data
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dl or a calculated GFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2
  • Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dl, except for known Gilbert's disease
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/µl
  • Hemoglobin \> 9g/dl
  • Neutrophil granulocytes \> 1,500/ml
  • International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤ 2
  • Absence of alcohol and/or drug abuse
  • No inclusion in other clinical trials interfering with the study protocol
  • No concurrent chronic systemic immune therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy
  • Absence of any severe organ insufficiency
  • No pregnancy or breast feeding
  • Adequate contraception in fertile patients
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Node positive and/or metastatic disease
  • Locally unresectable disease
  • Medically unfit patients (Karnofsky index \< 70%)
  • Allergies to any of the procedural substances (allergy to iodides, hypersensitivity to products containing human albumin)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03779009

Start Date

March 1 2018

End Date

December 31 2025

Last Update

September 19 2024

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Ghent University Hospital

Ghent, Belgium, 9000