Methylene Blue Intradermal Injection for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT02982148

Last Updated: 2016-12-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

352 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-05-31

Study Completion Date

2017-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study is designed to compare the effectiveness of intradermal injection and subcutaneous injection with methylene blue for early-stage breast cancer patients who need sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Detailed Description

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After fully informing and consent, patients recruited would be randomized 1:1 to intradermal injection group and subcutaneous injection group. Investigators aimed to find out the difference in sentinel lymph nodes detected rate, blue lymphatic detected rate and complication incidence between the two groups.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Female Early-Stage Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node

Keywords

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sentinel lymph node biopsy methylene blue intradermal injection subcutaneous injection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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methylene blue intradermal injection

For patients randomized to intradermal injection before surgery began, 0.5ml 0.4% methylene blue(1ml methylene blue mixed up with 1.5ml saline) would be injected sub-areola (12 o'clock , 3 o'clock , 6 o'clock , 9 o'clock) intradermally, 0.1ml respectively, or peritumoral depending on the tumor location, 10-15 minutes before skin incision. The breast was massaged for 5 minutes to facilitate the identification of blue lymphatic vessels and the lymph nodes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

methylene blue intradermal injection

Intervention Type DEVICE

Methylene blue has been prove to be effective and safe as a blue dye for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer patient. But it was also reported by some article that adverse skin lesions appeared after methylene blue injections for sentinel lymph node localization. But the effectiveness and safety of methylene blue intradermal injection has not yet been investigated.

methylene blue subcutaneous injection

For patients randomized to subcutaneous injection before surgery began, 0.5ml 100% methylene blue would be injected sub-areola subcutaneously(12 o'clock , 3 o'clock , 6 o'clock , 9 o'clock), 0.1ml respectively or peritumoral depending on the tumor location, 10-15 minutes before skin incision. The breast was massaged for 5 minutes to facilitate the identification of blue lymphatic vessels and the lymph nodes.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

methylene blue subcutaneous injection

Intervention Type DEVICE

Methylene blue subcutaneous injection has become one of the standard method for sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer patients. In such case, we use this method to be an active comparator for the intradermal injection group.

Interventions

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methylene blue intradermal injection

Methylene blue has been prove to be effective and safe as a blue dye for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer patient. But it was also reported by some article that adverse skin lesions appeared after methylene blue injections for sentinel lymph node localization. But the effectiveness and safety of methylene blue intradermal injection has not yet been investigated.

Intervention Type DEVICE

methylene blue subcutaneous injection

Methylene blue subcutaneous injection has become one of the standard method for sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer patients. In such case, we use this method to be an active comparator for the intradermal injection group.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* who sign the informed consent form
* pathological diagnosed, without distant metastasis, early stage invasive breast cancer patients
* did not undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy, endocrinotherapy or targeted therapy previously
* without breast and axillary surgery history
* Ejection fraction score in normal range accord to cardiac doppler
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score ≤0-2
* axillary lymph node clinical negative

Exclusion Criteria

* pregnancy
* any history of malignant tumor within five years
* diagnosis of multi-center, multi-focal or bilateral breast cancer
* history of breast tumor incision biopsy or vacuum-assisted biopsy
* methylene blue allergic
* appear with severe systematic disease or disfunction of any organ
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fengxi Su

professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fengxi Su, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

Locations

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Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun-Yat-Sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Kai Chen, M.D.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 86-15920164730

Facility Contacts

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Kai Chen, M.D.

Role: primary

References

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Stradling B, Aranha G, Gabram S. Adverse skin lesions after methylene blue injections for sentinel lymph node localization. Am J Surg. 2002 Oct;184(4):350-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9610(02)00945-5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12383900 (View on PubMed)

Teknos D, Ramcharan A, Oluwole SF. Pulmonary edema associated with methylene blue dye administration during sentinel lymph node biopsy. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Dec;100(12):1483-4. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31552-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19110921 (View on PubMed)

Abdollahi A, Jangjoo A, Dabbagh Kakhki VR, Rasoul Zakavi S, Memar B, Naser Forghani M, Mehrabibahar M, Sadeghi R. Factors affecting sentinel lymph node detection failure in breast cancer patients using intradermal injection of the tracer. Rev Esp Med Nucl. 2010 Mar-Apr;29(2):73-7. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2009.10.001. Epub 2009 Nov 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19931946 (View on PubMed)

Golshan M, Nakhlis F. Can methylene blue only be used in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer? Breast J. 2006 Sep-Oct;12(5):428-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00299.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16958960 (View on PubMed)

Gumus M, Gumus H, Jones SE, Jones PA, Sever AR, Weeks J. How long will I be blue? Prolonged skin staining following sentinel lymph node biopsy using intradermal patent blue dye. Breast Care (Basel). 2013 Jun;8(3):199-202. doi: 10.1159/000352092.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24415970 (View on PubMed)

Scheutz F. Drug addicts and local analgesia--effectivity and general side effects. Scand J Dent Res. 1982 Aug;90(4):299-305. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1982.tb00741.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 6957969 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SLNB5010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id