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Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation Using Indocyanine Green in the Management of Early Stage Gynecological Cancers

Evaluation of Indocyanine Green (ICG) and Handheld Fluorescence Imager in the Management of Early Stage Gynecological Cancers

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/03/051086
Enrollment
50
Registered
2023-03-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-09-18

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C539- Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri, unspecified Health Condition 2: C549- Malignant neoplasm of corpus uteri, unspecified Health Condition 3: C579- Malignant neoplasm of female genital organ, unspecified Health Condition 4: C569- Malignant neoplasm of unspecifiedovary Health Condition 5: C519- Malignant neoplasm of vulva, unspecified Health Condition 6: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Sentinel node detection: ICG will be injected during surgery. For cancers of endometrium and cervix: Four milliliters of 1.25 mg/ml ICG solution will be injected into the cervix divided

Sponsors

Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Biopsy proven in cases of endometrial, cervical & vulvar cancers 2. Uterine confined malignancy with no evidence of metastasis on imaging and no apparent extrauterine disease at exploration 3. Stage 1 cervical cancer with tumor size less than 4 cm 4. Patients of carcinoma vulva with negative clinical groin examination and/or imaging and a primary unifocal vulvar tumor of less than 4 cm 5. Patients with stage I and II epithelial ovarian cancers 6. Patients with suspicious ovarian masses planned for hysterectomy and or salpingo-oophorectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Signs of malignant spread to the abdominal cavity on preoperative imaging 2. Patients with allergies to ICG 3. Prior history of surgery for the genital malignancy 4. Previous lymphadenectomy or lymph node sampling in the pelvic or para-aortic region 5. Suspicious lymph nodal involvement on imaging 6. Women who have received chemotherapy and/or radiation 7. Recurrent malignancy 8. Pregnant or lactating patistudy 9. Not willing to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sentinel lymph node detection rate, False negative rate and accuracy of sentinel node biopsyTimepoint: Baseline after the surgery and availability of histopathology report

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adverse events related to sentinel lymph node procedure (CTCAE version 5.0)Timepoint: 30 months;Bilateral mapping rateTimepoint: 30 months;Mean number of sentinel nodes excisedTimepoint: 30 months;Number of patients with macro-metastases, micro-metastases and isolated tumor cells detected on ultrastagingTimepoint: 30 months;Sentinel node locationTimepoint: 30 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactShalini Rajaram

AIIMS Rishikesh

rajaram.shalini@gmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026