Feasibility study of fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node detection using indocyanine green in head and neck cancer.

Feasibility study of fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node detection using indocyanine green in head and neck cancer. - Fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node detection using ICG in head and neck cancer.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000042312

Enrollment

Registered

2020-11-01

Start date

2012-10-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Head and neck cancer

Interventions

Preoperative local injection of indocyanine green and indigocarmine and intraoperative fluorescence imaging

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients of head and neck cancer with the indication of elective neck dissection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Recurrent disease 2. Hypersensitivity to indocyanine green or indigocarmine 3. Poorly controlled hypertension 4. Women in pregnancy or breast-feeding

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The detection accuracy of the sentinel lymph nodes	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Complications 2. Metastasis of the regional lymph nodes	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactShunsuke Miyamoto

Kitasato University School of Medicine Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

s-miya@kitasato-u.ac.jp042-778-8111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026