Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00571363
A Randomised Study Comparing Tissue Conservation in Conventional Versus Mohs' Surgery of Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- Sponsor
- NHS Tayside · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
We have compared to types of surgery to assess which one leaves the smaller surgical defect.
Detailed description
Patients with a clinical diagnosis of a nodular basal cell carcinoma of less than 1 centimetre and 1 centimetre away from eyes, nose and ears were either randomized to undergo Mohs Micrographic Surgery or standard surgical excision. After the tumour had been removed the defect was measured.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | standard surgery | excision with 4 mm margins |
| PROCEDURE | Mohs micrographic surgery | excision of basal cell carcinoma with 2 mm margins and immediate examination of margins for residual tumour. residual tumour was excised until complete tumour removal was achieved. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-01-01
- Completion
- 2006-12-01
- First posted
- 2007-12-12
- Last updated
- 2007-12-12
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00571363. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.