Development of the new diagnostic method of resection stump and lymph node metastases in gastric cancer patients using 5-ALA.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- gastric cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000018548
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up continuing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Porphyria Patients with a history of hypersensitivity of 5-ALA or porphyrins Patients taking drugs that may cause photosensitivity (tetracycline antibiotics, sulfonamide-based formulation, new quinolone antibiotics, hypericin, St. John's wort-containing foods, etc) Patients who is or might be pregnant Patients who is determined inappropriate to participate in the study by the attending physician
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensitivity and specificity of lymph node metastasis using fluorescence diagnostics
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The comparison to the difference in fluorescence between normal and metastatic lymph nodes, Positive predictive value, Negative predictive value