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Fluorescent Intra-operative Tumor Margin Examination

RecruitingPhase 2

Evaluation of Intraoperative Tumor Margin Identification With Fluorescent Dye Imaging

Who can join

Ages 18 to 100 · All sexes

Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients above the age of 18 with a primary musculoskeletal tumor that has been indicated for surgical excision by a fellowship trained orthopaedic oncologist.
* Surgical consent was obtained prior to research consent.
* Patients with a biopsy-confirmed primary soft tissue or bone tumor that has not been previously excised and has a known risk of local or remote recurrence.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients below the age of 18
* Pregnancy, breast feeding
* Patients with a history of anaphylactic reaction to contrast media or fluorescein allergy
* Prior surgery local to the mass being excised
* Non- or minimally-recurrent masses (i.e. osteochondroma)
* Dialysis, renal failure, uremia

About the study

Tumor margin confirmation is important to confirming appropriate disease excision. Current standard of care is to take select margin samples to pathology for intra-operative readings. However, this is expensive, time consuming, and only assesses the margin contained within the specific sample. In prior work the investigators have determined that indocyanine green (ICG) is highly specific to the tumor bed when injected shortly before surgery. The investigators hypothesize that ICG will be able to accurately identify residual positive tumor margins during sarcoma excision procedures.

What is being tested

Sponsor: Kurt Weiss · Participants: 110 · Started: Mar 2, 2021

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04719156

Locations in the U.S.

PennsylvaniaUPMC-Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh

Conditions

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.