NCT04312087

Lateral Neck Lymph Node Mapping in Thyroid Cancer

Lateral Neck Lymph Node Mapping in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fudan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study includes papillary thyroid cancer patients who have unpalpable lateral neck lymph nodes but suspicious on ultrasound and/or CT. Carbon nanoparticles is used as the tracer for lateral neck lymph node mapping.

Conditions

• Thyroid Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lateral neck sentinel lymph node biopsy	Lateral neck sentinel lymph node biopsy is performed in all patients in Arm B.
PROCEDURE	Modified lateral neck lymph node dissection	Modified lateral neck dissection (compartment II-V) is performed in all patients in Arm A, and some of the patients in Arm B (according to sentinel lymph node biopsy results).
PROCEDURE	Super selective lateral neck lymph node dissection	Super selective lateral neck lymph node dissection is performed in some of the patients in Arm B (according to sentinel lymph node biopsy results).

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-01
• Primary completion: 2021-08-01
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2020-03-18
• Last updated: 2020-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China