Fluorescence labeling using indocyanine green in the sentinel lymph node excision. Clinical evaluation of the Fluobeam system
Completed
- Conditions
- C43Malignant melanoma of skin
- Registration Number
- DRKS00004619
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Essen,Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with a malignant melanoma at the trunk or extremities, stage Ib and II (AJCC 2009)
Exclusion Criteria
Age < 18 years, Indocyaningreen intolerance, iodine allergy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of sentinel positivity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method False negative rate, surgery duration, mean number of SNs excised per patient using both methods, Determine the costs of both methods<br><br>