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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy to Assess Axillary Lymph Nodes in Women With Stage I or Stage II Breast Cancer

The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified March 2003 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was:  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00005821
First Posted: January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted: November 6, 2013
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Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  Purpose

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 Intervention Phase
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

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Assessment of Axillary Nodal Status in Operable Breast Cancer

Resource links provided by NLM:

Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Biopsy Breast Cancer
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
Study Start Date: December 1998
Detailed Description:

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.

  Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • 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

  • 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
  Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00005821


Locations
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
Sponsors and Collaborators
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Investigators
Study Chair: Gerald Gui, MD, MS, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Eng) Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  More Information

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005821     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000067828
RMNHS-1631
EU-20006
First Submitted: June 2, 2000
First Posted: January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted: November 6, 2013
Last Verified: March 2003

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage I breast cancer
stage II breast cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases


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