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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON28074
NL-OMON28074Not yet recruitingNot Applicable

Detection of Breast Cancer using Folate-FITC Enhanced Optical Imaging in Breast Cancer Patients.

niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Surgery.0 sites10 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
10

Study Overview

Brief Summary

  1. Hartmann LC, Keeney GL, Lingle WL et al. Folate receptor overexpression is associated with poor outcome in breast cancer. Int J Cancer 2007; 121:938-942.
    2. Sega EI, Low PS. Tumor detection using folate receptor-targeted imaging agents. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2008; 27:655-664.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Women above the age of 21 who have biopsy-proven stage I-II breast cancer and who are planning to undergo lumpectomy as a treatment for their disease. Furthermore, folate receptor (FR) expression of the tumour must be strong (¡Ý2+), as determined by immunohistochemistry prior to surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Refusal of the patient to be included in the study;
  • 2. Pregnant or breast-feeding;

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Surgery.

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