Status:

TERMINATED

Intraoperative Parathyroid Gland (PTG) Identification Using a Hand-Held Imager (HHI)

Lead Sponsor:

OPTOSURGICAL, LLC

Collaborating Sponsors:

Johns Hopkins University

Conditions:

Thyroid Disease

Thyroid Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

It is often challenging to tell apart the parathyroid glands from the surrounding area such as lymph nodes, fat and thyroid tissue. If the surgeons are not able to tell where the parathyroid glands ar...

Detailed Description

In thyroid surgeries, it is often difficult to visually distinguish parathyroid glands (PTGs) from the surrounding anatomical structures in surgeries because of their small size and appearance that is...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of thyroid tumors, or other conditions requiring thyroid surgery where frozen section biopsy of PTGs is deemed necessary under the surgeon's estimation.
  • Plan for surgical resection of pathological PTGs.
  • Subject age 18 - 70 yo.
  • Subject agreement to participate

Exclusion

  • Not eligible for endocrine surgeries
  • Plan for biopsy only of thyroid tumor (likely difficult to obtain sufficient tissue for both pathology analysis and study assessment)
  • Subject age younger than 18 yo or older than 70 yo
  • Subject refusal to participate
  • Subject cognitively impaired and/or unable to provide assent.
  • Allergy to indocyanine green and iodine.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 28 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06939946

Start Date

September 1 2023

End Date

August 28 2025

Last Update

December 19 2025

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Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287