Mapping of Sentinel Lymph Node Drainage Using SPECT (SUSPECT) (SUSPECT) (SUSPECT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02572661 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 9, 2015
Last Update Posted : June 27, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Head and Neck Cancer | Radiation: radiation in Squamous Head and Neck Cancer | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 61 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Mapping of Sentinel Lymph Node Drainage Using SPECT to Tailor Highly-Selective Elective Nodal Irradiation in Node-Negative Neck of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer (SUSPECT) |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 23, 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 9, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 9, 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Squamous Head and Neck Cancer
radiation
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Radiation: radiation in Squamous Head and Neck Cancer |
- Feasibility and safety of single side radiation therapy measured by physical examination and toxicity measurement by CTCAE 4.03 at 12 weeks [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]mapping of sentinel lymph node drainage to indentify groups at low risk of the probability of contra regionale failure is to be estimated to be 2% at 2 years. A recurrrence rate of >15% will be assumed unacceptable

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Newly diagnosed patients with histopathologic proven primary HNSCC (T1 -3 N0 -1) located in the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx (except T1 glottic ), and hypopharynx, not crossing the midline and planned for treatment with (chemo)radiotherapy in curative setting
- No chemotherapy or surgery prior to inclusion
- No distant metastatic spread at the time of inclusion
- Age ≥ 18 years
- WHO performance status 0 or 1
- Signed written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with previously radiation treatment in the head and neck region, for any reason
- Patients with previous neck dissection
- Patients with recurrent or second primary tumor in the head and neck region
- Patients with head and neck malignancies arising from skin, lip, nose, sinuses, nasopharynx, salivary glands, thyroid gland or esophagus
- Previous history of cancer in the last five years (excluding basal cell carcinoma of the skin and in situ SCC of the cervix)
- Pregnancy or no active contraception for pre-menopausal women
- Known hypersensitivity to iodine or nanocolloid injection
- Having any condition (physical, mental, sociological) that interferes with the informed consent procedure and follow up schedules

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02572661
Netherlands | |
the Netherlands Cancer Instiute | |
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1066 CX |
Principal Investigator: | Abrahim Al-Mamgani, MD, PhD | The Netherlands Cancer Institute |
Responsible Party: | The Netherlands Cancer Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02572661 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
N14SUS N14SUS ( Registry Identifier: PTC ) NL51706.031.14 ( Registry Identifier: CCMO ) |
First Posted: | October 9, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 27, 2019 |
Last Verified: | June 2019 |
Radiotherapy, Sentinel Node Mapping, Spect |
Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |