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Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Detecting Cancer That Has Spread to Lymph Nodes in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Interventions
Radiation: technetium-99
Registration Number
NCT00089310
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as sentinel lymph node mapping may improve the ability to detect cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well sentinel lymph node mapping works in detecting cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes in patients who are undergoing surgery for stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the feasibility and accuracy of intraoperative sentinel lymph node mapping using technetium Tc 99 sulfur colloid in patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

* Determine the percentage of patients in which at least 1 positive sentinel lymph node is identified using this procedure.

* Determine the percentage of patients undergoing this procedure who are found to have positive sentinel lymph nodes with no metastases in other intrathoracic lymph nodes.

Secondary

* Determine the percentage of patients undergoing this procedure whose disease stage is upgraded due to detection of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes.

* Correlate the presence of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes with survival in patients undergoing this procedure.

* Determine the percentage of patients undergoing this procedure with "skip metastases" pattern (NZ) sentinel lymph nodes.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive an intraoperative intratumoral injection of technetium Tc 99 sulfur colloid. At least 10 minutes later, patients undergo sentinel lymph node mapping using a gamma probe. Patients then undergo sentinel lymph node dissection and tumor resection. Pathology assays are performed using sentinel lymph node tissue, including hematoxylin and eosin staining, serial sections, and immunohistochemistry using the AE1/AE3/PCK2b cytokeratin antibody.

Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually thereafter.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
46
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Sentinal node mappingtechnetium-99-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sentinel node identificationat time of procedure
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Asheville

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Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital

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Jamaica, New York, United States

Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees

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Voorhees, New Jersey, United States

Mount Sinai Medical Center

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New York, New York, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)

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Columbia, Missouri, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Buffalo, New York, United States

SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital

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Syracuse, New York, United States

Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Elmhurst Hospital Center

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Elmhurst, New York, United States

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Evanston Hospital

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Evanston, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

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Newark, Delaware, United States

Beebe Medical Center

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Lewes, Delaware, United States

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