Fiber-Optic Confocal Microscopy of the Urinary Tract Histopathology

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bladder Cancer

Treatments: Device: Fibered confocal microscope

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00801762

SU-10142008-1319

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the study is to develop a novel approach to obtain real time optical biopsy of urinary tract pathology (e.g., bladder tumors) during urinary tract endoscopy using a novel fibered confocal microscope.

Enrollment: 195 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Research subjects with suspected urinary tract pathology (e.g., bladder tumors) who are scheduled to undergo cystoscopy with possible excisional biopsy (e.g. transurethral resection of bladder tumor) in the operating room.
 Exclusion Criteria:History of hypersensitivity to fluorescein; active urinary tract infection; pregnant; currently breast feeding;