Status:

COMPLETED

Anatomical Relationship of Level IB Lymph Nodes to the Submandibular Gland in Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Southern Illinois University

Conditions:

Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

Hypothesis 1. The submandibular gland is not a lymphatic organ and usually remains uninvolved with head and neck cancer despite the presence of metastatic disease in the lymph nodes that surround it....

Detailed Description

Hypothesis 1. The submandibular gland is not a lymphatic organ and usually remains uninvolved with head and neck cancer despite the presence of metastatic disease in the lymph nodes that surround it....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx or hypopharynx
  • Treatment of the regional lymph nodes to include neck dissection performed as the primary modality
  • No previous treatment to the neck
  • No previous treatment for the index cancer (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or biological therapy)
  • No known distant metastatic disease
  • Age \>/= 18
  • The ability to understand and willingness to sign a study-specific written informed consent form
  • Protocol treatment must begin \</= 8 weeks of diagnostic biopsy

Exclusion

  • Previous or concurrent head and neck primaries
  • Prior surgery to study site other than biopsy
  • Patients receiving any other treatment for cancer within 30 days previously
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Known allergy to Lymphazurin®
  • Pregnant or breast feeding females

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

22 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00728130

Start Date

May 1 2008

End Date

June 1 2010

Last Update

January 5 2015

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SIU School of Medicine

Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62702