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NCT05843032 Clinical Trial

3D Ultrasound, Specimen Examination by Surgeon, and MRI in Surgical Margin Assessment

Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:
3D Ultrasound in the Assessment of Resection Margins During Surgery for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue: a Comparison With Clinical Evaluation, MRI, and Histopathology

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data
NCT number NCT05843032
Other study ID # 21017915
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 15, 2023
Est. completion date February 15, 2024

Study information
Verified date May 2023
Source Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Contact Fatemeh Makouei, PhD
Phone +4550243760
Email fatemeh.makouei@regionh.dk
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In the current protocol, application of 3D ex-vivo ultrasound, MRI, and clinical evaluation (palpation and examination) by the surgeon is proposed to analyze the margin status in tongue squamous cell carcinoma and correlate the results to the histopathology findings.

Description:

Cancer surgery is the primary treatment in the early stages of tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and the goal is the complete resection of the tumor with an adequate margin of healthy tissue around to ensure proper cancer removal. Inadequate margins lead to a high risk of local cancer recurrence and the patient will need re-surgery or adjuvant therapies. Ex-vivo imaging of the resected surgical specimen has been suggested to provide information for margin assessment and thus improve cancer surgery. In this manuscript, a protocol to investigate the clinical benefit of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging of the surgical margins and comparing the results to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the clinical examination of the surgical specimen by surgeon (palpation to inspect the resected tissue) has been designed. Tumor segmentation and margin measurement (Anterior towards apex of tongue, posterior towards base of tongue, medial towards back of tongue, lateral towards floor of mouth, and profound/deep margins) will be performed by head and neck surgeons on 3D ultrasound images and by two consultant radiologists on MRI of the ex-vivo specimen. Accuracy of each method will be evaluated by computing the proportion of correctly classified margins (positive, close, and free) by each technique with respect to the gold standard histopathology.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 27
Est. completion date February 15, 2024
Est. primary completion date December 30, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients with biopsy-proven oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma scheduled for surgical treatment - T1-T3 staging on cross-sectional imaging Exclusion Criteria: - T4 staging - Unable to understand the verbal or written information - Prior radiotherapy treatment of oral cavity cancer

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• 3D ultrasound, MRI, resected specimen examination by surgeon
3D ultrasound and MR scanning of the resected tongue tumor will be performed. The resected surgical specimen will also be examined by the surgeon to assess the margins. The accuracy of the margin assessment by 3D ultrasound, MRI, and surgeon examination will be evaluated by correlating the results to the final histopathology findings.

Locations
Country Name City State
Denmark Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Hovedstaden

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (9)

Chinn SB, Myers JN. Oral Cavity Carcinoma: Current Management, Controversies, and Future Directions. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Oct 10;33(29):3269-76. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.2929. Epub 2015 Sep 8. — View Citation

de Koning KJ, Koppes SA, de Bree R, Dankbaar JW, Willems SM, van Es RJJ, Noorlag R. Feasibility study of ultrasound-guided resection of tongue cancer with immediate specimen examination to improve margin control - Comparison with conventional treatment. Oral Oncol. 2021 May;116:105249. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2021.105249. Epub 2021 Mar 26. — View Citation

de Koning KJ, van Es RJJ, Klijn RJ, Breimer GE, Willem Dankbaar J, Braunius WW, van Cann EM, Dieleman FJ, Rijken JA, Tijink BM, de Bree R, Noorlag R. Application and accuracy of ultrasound-guided resections of tongue cancer. Oral Oncol. 2022 Oct;133:106023. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.106023. Epub 2022 Jul 25. — View Citation

Klein Nulent TJW, Noorlag R, Van Cann EM, Pameijer FA, Willems SM, Yesuratnam A, Rosenberg AJWP, de Bree R, van Es RJJ. Intraoral ultrasonography to measure tumor thickness of oral cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Oncol. 2018 Feb;77:29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.12.007. Epub 2017 Dec 18. — View Citation

Makouei F, Ewertsen C, Agander TK, Olesen MV, Pakkenberg B, Todsen T. 3D Ultrasound versus Computed Tomography for Tumor Volume Measurement Compared to Gross Pathology-A Pilot Study on an Animal Model. J Imaging. 2022 Dec 19;8(12):329. doi: 10.3390/jimaging8120329. — View Citation

Narayana HM, Panda NK, Mann SB, Katariya S, Vasishta RK. Ultrasound versus physical examination in staging carcinoma of the mobile tongue. J Laryngol Otol. 1996 Jan;110(1):43-7. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100132682. — View Citation

Pagedar NA. Better Visualization of Oral Cancer Margins-A Struggle of Cancer and Technology. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Dec 1;146(12):1156-1157. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.3262. No abstract available. — View Citation

Schmidt Jensen J, Jakobsen KK, Mirian C, Christensen JT, Schneider K, Nahavandipour A, Wingstrand VL, Wessel I, Tvedskov JF, Frisch T, Christensen A, Specht L, Andersen E, Lelkaitis G, Gronhoj C, von Buchwald C. The Copenhagen Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma database: protocol and report on establishing a comprehensive oral cavity cancer database. Clin Epidemiol. 2019 Aug 19;11:733-741. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S215399. eCollection 2019. — View Citation

Tarabichi O, Bulbul MG, Kanumuri VV, Faquin WC, Juliano AF, Cunnane ME, Varvares MA. Utility of intraoral ultrasound in managing oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: Systematic review. Laryngoscope. 2019 Mar;129(3):662-670. doi: 10.1002/lary.27403. Epub 2018 Aug 27. — View Citation

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Accuracy of the 3D ultrasound and MRI compared to the conventional method in measurements of the surgical margins in the resected tongue SCC specimens. 2 weeks
Primary Diagnostic accuracy - number of margins correctly classified as free (> 5 mm), close (1- 5 mm) or positive (<1 mm) margin by 3D ultrasound and MRI using histopathology findings as the reference 2 weeks
Secondary Number of cases requiring adjuvant treatments (surgery or chemo/radiotherapy) 2 weeks
Secondary Shrinkage of the surgical specimen due to formalin fixation based on the specimen volume measurements on 3D ultrasound images before and after formalin fixation 2 weeks
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