NCT04951245

Ultrasound-assisted CNSs Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Ultrasound-assisted Carbon Nanoparticle Suspensions Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Early Breast Cancer (UltraCars): a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 330 (actual)
• Sponsor: Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators suggested ultrasound-assisted Carbon nanoparticle suspensions (CNSs) mapping had great clinical value in clinical application and might serve as a useful alternative to the dual-tracer-guided SLNB. The investigators designed this prospective, randomized controlled phase 3 trial, to compare the feasibility and diagnostic performance of ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle suspensions mapping versus dual-tracer-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early breast cancer.

Detailed description

The study was a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial. Eligible participants were 18 year's of age or older and had histologically confirmed primary invasive breast cancer, or ductal carcinoma in situ scheduled for mastectomy, without clinical or radiological nodal involvement (cN0) or with clinical positive lymph nodes (cN1) that were downstaged to cN0 following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT); and had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) using a permuted block randomization scheme to receive either ultrasound-assisted CNSs (UC group) or CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided (GC group) SLN mapping.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	UC group: ultrasound-assisted CNSs guided	1ml of CNSs was subcutaneously injected into the areolar area in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. The injection site was massaged for 15 minutes to promote drainage of the tracer to the axilla. During the intraoperative ultrasound-assisted procedure, an ultrasound diagnostic system was used. Before the incision, ultrasound-guided exploration of SLNs was performed by placing the probe on the lateral border of the breast and sliding cranially along the lateral border of the pectoralis major muscle . A sterile skin marker was then used to mark the optimal site of incision over the targeted lymph nodes, and the distance from the skin to the nodes was measured by ultrasound and recorded in millimeters. Blunt dissection was carried out to identify the CNSs-stained nodes around the marked region. Ultrasonography probe was placed repeatedly in or around the wound at different angles for adequate visualization if SLNs could not be localized with further dissection.
PROCEDURE	GC group: CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided	The preparation of CNSs mapping was identical to that of the UC group. 1ml of diluted ICG was subsequently injected into the areolar area in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. A NIR camera was used to visualize the subcutaneous lymph vessels and localized the SLNs. All fluorescent or black-stained lymph nodes along with any palpable suspicious nodes were removed. The remaining surgical field was reexamined to ensure complete resection of fluorescent lymph nodes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-06-01
• First posted: 2021-07-06
• Last updated: 2022-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China