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NCT Number: NCT04951245

Ultrasound-assisted CNSs Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

The investigators suggested ultrasound-assisted Carbon nanoparticle suspensions (CNSs) mapping had great clinical value in clinical application and might serve as a useful alternative to the dual-tracer-guided SLNB. The investigators designed this prospective, randomized controlled phase 3 trial, to compare the feasibility and diagnostic performance of ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle suspensions mapping versus dual-tracer-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early breast cancer.

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Key information

Conditions

Breast Cancer Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Skin Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Guangdong General Hospital

Guangzhou, China

About this study

The study was a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial. Eligible participants were 18 year's of age or older and had histologically confirmed primary invasive breast cancer, or ductal carcinoma in situ scheduled for mastectomy, without clinical or radiological nodal involvement (cN0) or with clinical positive lymph nodes (cN1) that were downstaged to cN0 following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT); and had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) using a permuted block randomization scheme to receive either ultrasound-assisted CNSs (UC group) or CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided (GC group) SLN mapping.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The participants must be female and 18 years of age or older.
  • Resectable invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, confirmed histologically.
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ confirmed histologically.
  • The participants must be a preoperative clinical Tis, T1, T2, T3 as well as clinical M0 breast cancer.
  • Without clinical or radiological nodal involvement (cN0): No positive ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes; No prior removal of ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes; No suspicious palpable nodes in the contralateral axilla or palpable supraclavicular or infraclavicular nodes, unless proven nonmalignant by biopsy.
  • With clinical positive lymph nodes (cN1) (including any abnormal or enlarged clinically palpable lymph nodes or core biopsy/surgical biopsy/FNA evidence of malignant cell within any lymph nodes) that was downstaged to cN0 following neoadjuvant therapy.
  • The participants must have an ECOG performance status of Grade 0-1.
  • The participants must provide written informed consent before participating in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • The breast has ulceration, erythema, infiltration of the skin or underlying chest wall (complete fixation), peau d'orange, or skin edema of any magnitude. Tethering or dimpling of the skin or nipple inversion allowed.
  • The participants has a known hypersensitivity to tracers planned for use during SLNB.
  • Other prior breast malignancy except lobular carcinoma in situ.
  • The participants has had prior breast implants.
  • The participants has had prior breast reduction surgery.
  • The participants has had other prior surgery in the upper, outer quadrant, areola, or axilla to the indicated breast.
  • The participants has a positive pregnancy test or is lactating.
  • The participants has participated in another investigational drug study during the 30 days prior to signing informed consent.

Treatment and study plan

UC group: ultrasound-assisted CNSs guided

Procedure

1ml of CNSs was subcutaneously injected into the areolar area in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. The injection site was massaged for 15 minutes to promote drainage of the tracer to the axilla. During the intraoperative ultrasound-assisted procedure, an ultrasound diagnostic system was used. Before the incision, ultrasound-guided exploration of SLNs was performed by placing the probe on the lateral border of the breast and sliding cranially along the lateral border of the pectoralis major muscle . A sterile skin marker was then used to mark the optimal site of incision over the targeted lymph nodes, and the distance from the skin to the nodes was measured by ultrasound and recorded in millimeters. Blunt dissection was carried out to identify the CNSs-stained nodes around the marked region. Ultrasonography probe was placed repeatedly in or around the wound at different angles for adequate visualization if SLNs could not be localized with further dissection.

GC group: CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided

Procedure

The preparation of CNSs mapping was identical to that of the UC group. 1ml of diluted ICG was subsequently injected into the areolar area in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. A NIR camera was used to visualize the subcutaneous lymph vessels and localized the SLNs. All fluorescent or black-stained lymph nodes along with any palpable suspicious nodes were removed. The remaining surgical field was reexamined to ensure complete resection of fluorescent lymph nodes.

Primary outcomes

  1. The identification rate of SLNs

    Time frame: within 14 days of SLNB

    Defined as the number of patients who at least one SLN were detected divided by the total number of patients included.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The mean number of SLNs collected

    Time frame: within 14 days of SLNB

    Defined as the number of tracer-stained or palpable SLNs divided by the number of patients whose SLNs were identified.

  2. Operative time

    Time frame: within 14 days of SLNB

    Defined as the time from skin incision to resection of the SLNs specimens in patients whose at least one SLN were detected.

  3. Intraoperative or postoperative complications

    Time frame: within 30 days of SLNB

    An adverse event is any untoward, undesired, and/or unplanned clinical event in the form of signs, symptoms, disease, or laboratory testing, or physiological observations occurring in a human participating in a clinical study with a study drug, regardless of causal relationship.

Other outcomes

  1. Identification rate of SLNs in post-NCT patients

    Time frame: within 14 days of SLNB

    Defined as the number of patients who at least one SLN were detected divided by the total number of patients included in NCT subgroup.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Ultrasound-assisted Carbon Nanoparticle Suspensions Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Early Breast Cancer (UltraCars): a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial

Acronym: UltraCars

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jul 6, 2021
Registry last updated
Jan 28, 2022

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