Status:

RECRUITING

Hypopharynx ICG to Reduce the Fistula Rate in Patients Undergoing Salvage Laryngectomy

Lead Sponsor:

University Health Network, Toronto

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Conditions:

Surgery Site Fistula

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

A laryngectomy involves removing the voice box from the throat. After the voice box has been removed from the throat, the surgeon sews the throat closed. Sometimes part of the throat does not heal and...

Detailed Description

Salvage laryngectomy is associated with the highest morbidity and mortality in head and neck cancer patients. Pharyngocutaneous fistula is one of the most common surgical complication in the patient p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Signed written and voluntary informed consent.
  • Patient must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures.
  • Age \> 18 years, male or female.
  • Patient must be undergoing salvage laryngectomy after radiation or chemoradiation. By definition, the patients are considered resectable by the treating head and neck surgeon.
  • The expected pharyngeal defect must be conducive to imaging with the ICG.
  • Vascularized tissue augmentation (flap) is part of the operative plan (supra- or infraclavicular flap excludes the patient).
  • ECOG performance status 0-2.

Exclusion

  • Total Laryngopharyngectomy
  • On immune suppression medications
  • Current hematologic malignancy
  • Pregnancy
  • Allergy to Iodine
  • TSH greater than 8
  • BMI less than 18
  • Vascularized augmentation is a supra or infraclavicular rotational flap

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 11 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05350540

Start Date

November 11 2021

End Date

November 1 2028

Last Update

June 2 2022

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University Health Network

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4