Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy to Assess Axillary Lymph Nodes in Women With Stage I or Stage II Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005821 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2003 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : November 6, 2013
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RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as sentinel lymph node biopsy may improve the ability to detect breast cancer and determine the extent of disease.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of sentinel lymph node biopsy to assess axillary lymph nodes in women who have stage I or stage II breast cancer.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Drug: patent blue V dye Procedure: conventional surgery Procedure: lymphangiography Procedure: radionuclide imaging Procedure: sentinel lymph node biopsy Radiation: Technetium Tc 99m human serum albumin colloid | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare sentinel node biopsy vs axillary dissection in determining axillary nodal status in women with resectable stage I or II breast cancer.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to node status (positive vs negative).
Patients undergo lymphoscintigraphy, which consists of technetium Tc 99m human serum albumin colloid being injected near the tumor. Dynamic imaging using a gamma camera is performed for 20 minutes postinjection and static images are obtained for up to 3 hours postinjection.
Surgery is performed within 24 hours of lymphoscintigraphy. Patients are injected with patent blue V dye near the tumor and a gamma detection probe is used to measure radioactive counts in the sentinel node. Surgery begins within 5 minutes of the patent blue V dye injection.
All lymph nodes that stain blue or have a high radioactive count are removed. The primary breast lump is removed by either wide local excision or mastectomy and the axilla are cleared by standard axillary dissection.
Some patients may only receive patent blue V dye injected as a pilot study. Sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary dissection proceed as above.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 150 patients (75 per stratum) will be accrued for the main study plus another 50 patients for the pilot study.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Assessment of Axillary Nodal Status in Operable Breast Cancer |
Study Start Date : | December 1998 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Diagnosis of stage I or II invasive breast cancer by triple assessment:
- Clinically
- Mammogram and/or ultrasound
- Fine needle cytology
- Resectable disease by either wide local excision or mastectomy with axillary dissection
- No ductal carcinoma in situ
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Hormone receptor status:
- Not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 18 and over
Sex:
- Female
Menopausal status:
- Not specified
Performance status:
- Not specified
Life expectancy:
- Not specified
Hematopoietic:
- Not specified
Hepatic:
- Not specified
Renal:
- Not specified
Other:
- Not pregnant
- No known allergy to vital blue dye
- No mental illness or handicap that would preclude study entry
- No other severe illness that would preclude study participation
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- Not specified
Chemotherapy:
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy:
- Not specified
Radiotherapy:
- Not specified
Surgery:
- See Disease Characteristics

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00005821
United Kingdom | |
St. George's Hospital | |
London, England, United Kingdom, SW17 0QT | |
Royal Marsden NHS Trust | |
London, England, United Kingdom, SW3 6JJ | |
Royal Brompton National, Heart and Lung Hospital | |
London, England, United Kingdom, SW3 6NP | |
Royal Marsden Hospital | |
Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT |
Study Chair: | Gerald Gui, MD, MS, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Eng) | Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00005821 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000067828 RMNHS-1631 EU-20006 |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 6, 2013 |
Last Verified: | March 2003 |
stage I breast cancer stage II breast cancer |
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