A Pilot Study of Intraoperative Gamma Camera Imaging During Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma (MEL50)

University of Virginia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Melanoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00912730

13565

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-institution pilot study seeking preliminary evidence of the usefulness of mobile gamma cameras in patients undergoing sentinel node biopsy for melanoma.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older, AND
• plan to go to the operating room for sentinel node biopsy using technicium-99 labeled colloid.

Exclusion criteria

• under 18 years of age,
• unable to give informed consent, OR
• not planned to go to operating room for sentinel node biopsy using technicium-99 labeled colloid.