Non-Invasive, Real-Time Technology for Diagnosis of Cervical Tissue

University of New Mexico (UNM)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Cervix; Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Colposcopy, Spectroscopy, and Biopsy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00250055

1104C

Details and patient eligibility

About

In general, to determine the sensitivity of light transport to tissue from morphological features of clinical significance.

Determine how specific structural features contribute to light scattering. Investigate light scattering differences in tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells.

Develop and implement quantitative and sensitive methods for measuring morphological properties.

Clinical measurements.

Full description

Patients undergoing a colposcopy will also have spectroscopy measurements taken and an extra biopsy of suspicious tissue.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with abnormal Pap smears who are referred for colposcopy.

Exclusion criteria include:

• Anyone of the male sex since this study focuses on cervical cell abnormalities
• Any woman who has had a hysterectomy, LEEP, or chemotherapy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)