Intra-operative PET-CT: a Novel Approach to Determine Excision Margins in Lumpectomy Breast Cancer.
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Examination of the feasibility of intra-operative pet CT to detect surgical margins in breast conservative surgery to prevent re-excision.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: braeast cancer breast cancer patients |
Diagnostic Test: PET CT
measurement of surgical margins during lumpectomy
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- investigate the ability of (micro)PET/CT to evaluate the excision margins and determine negativity of these margins, as compared to the gold standard of sectional histopathological evaluation. [2 year]
study the feasibility of PET/CT
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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• female and 18 years of age or older
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diagnosed with an early-stage (T1 or T2, and N0 or N1; according to the TNM-classification) invasive breast cancer
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eligible for breast conserving surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
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• Pregnancy or lactation
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Diabetes
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Multifocal tumor disease
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Diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer
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Appointment at the nuclear medicine department for 18F-FDG administration would result in a unacceptable delay of surgery
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Subject has had exposure to ionizing radiation of more than 1 mSv in other research studies within the last 12 months
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Subject has recently (<60 days) or is simultaneously participating in another clinical trial.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | University Hospital Ghent | Ghent | Oost Vlaanderen | Belgium | 9000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- University Hospital, Ghent
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- EC/2017/0200