Investigation of the usefulness of intraoperative indocyanine green injection for assessing lymphatic pathway in hepatobiliary cancers

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-jRCTs051250265

Enrollment

Registered

2026-04-07

Start date

2026-04-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Hepatobiliary cancer Hepatobiliary cancer

Interventions

Local injection of indocyanine green around tumor at the surgery

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients who are diagnosed with hepatobiliary cancer by preoperative imaging and scheduled to undergo curative resection 2)Patients aged 18 years or older at the time of informed consent 3)Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)Allergic hypersensitivity of the indocyanine green 2)Patients with past history of surgical treatment for hepatobiliary cancer 3)Patients who were judged inappropirate to participate this study by investigators

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Intraoperative ICG fluorescence-guided identification of positive lymph nodes: number and distribution	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1)The presence or absence of histopathological metastasis in ICG fluoescence positive lymph nodes and their numbers 2)Patterns and directions of lymphatic flow visualized by ICG fluorescence	—

Contacts

Public ContactTomoaki Yoh

Kyoto University Hospital

tomyoh@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp+81-75-751-3242

Outcome results

None listed

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