Health Condition 1: C189- Malignant neoplasm of colon, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age at least 18 years old Biopsy proven colon cancer Scheduled for laparoscopic/open colectomy. All patients providing oral and written informed consent at Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Prior colorectal surgery. Gross lymph node involvement on pre-operative imaging or intra-operative staging. Advanced disease with invasion of adjacent structures, metastatic or T4 disease on preoperative imaging or discovered during intraoperative staging. Rectal cancer. Female participant who is pregnant, lactating or planning pregnancy during the course of the study. History allergy to any of the compounds being used for lymphatic mapping including indocyanine green, human albumin, iodides or shellfish. Patients with hyperthyroidism or thyroid adenoma. Patients undergoing purely palliative surgery. Advanced renal or hepatic insufficiency.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome of the study is to estimate detection rate of sentinel lymph nodes by using Indocyanine green dye in colon cancer patients.Timepoint: 1 month | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Accuracy:No of patients with successful SLN mapping - False negatives/ No of patients with successful SLN mapping.Timepoint: 1 month;Frequency and tumor status of aberrant lymph nodes: Proportion of Sentinel lymph nodes identified outside the planned resection margin and frequency of positivity for metastatic deposits.Timepoint: 1 month;Sensitivity of the sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure for detecting metastasisTimepoint: 1 month;Upstaging: Proportion of the patients upstaged from pathologically node negative to node positive after sentinel lymph node analysis.Timepoint: 1 month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology