Cervical Nodal Mets in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of H&N - MRI, FDG-PET, & Histopathologic Correlation

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Head and Neck Cancers; Head and Neck Cancer

Treatments: Radiation: PET scan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00313027

NCT00313027

78639

ENT0011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the value of novel non-invasive medical imaging methods for detecting the spread of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to the lymph nodes in the neck by comparing their results to findings at the time of surgery.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:- Adult patients with newly diagnosed (biopsy-proven), untreated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck who will undergo neck dissection as part of primary surgical therapy. Exclusion Criteria:- A prior adverse reaction to the contrast/tracer agents being used in the imaging methods being studied.

• Pregnancy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)