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Intraoperative Sentinel Node Mapping In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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What is being tested

technetium-99

Radiation
Who is being recruted

Bronchial Neoplasms+7

+ Carcinoma, Bronchogenic

+ Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Diagnostic Study

Interventional
Study Start: September 2004
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Summary

Principal SponsorAlliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: September 1, 2004

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the feasibility and accuracy of intraoperative sentinel lymph node mapping using technetium Tc 99 sulfur colloid in patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. * Determine the percentage of patients in which at least 1 positive sentinel lymph node is identified using this procedure. * Determine the percentage of patients undergoing this procedure who are found to have positive sentinel lymph nodes with no metastases in other intrathoracic lymph nodes. Secondary * Determine the percentage of patients undergoing this procedure whose disease stage is upgraded due to detection of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes. * Correlate the presence of micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes with survival in patients undergoing this procedure. * Determine the percentage of patients undergoing this procedure with "skip metastases" pattern (NZ) sentinel lymph nodes. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive an intraoperative intratumoral injection of technetium Tc 99 sulfur colloid. At least 10 minutes later, patients undergo sentinel lymph node mapping using a gamma probe. Patients then undergo sentinel lymph node dissection and tumor resection. Pathology assays are performed using sentinel lymph node tissue, including hematoxylin and eosin staining, serial sections, and immunohistochemistry using the AE1/AE3/PCK2b cytokeratin antibody. Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually thereafter.

Official TitleIntraoperative Sentinel Node Mapping In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
NCT00089310
Principal SponsorAlliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

46 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Diagnostic Study

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Eligibility

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Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Bronchial NeoplasmsCarcinoma, BronchogenicCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung DiseasesLung NeoplasmsNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteRespiratory Tract DiseasesRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic Neoplasms

Criteria

1. Patients with clinical stage I lung cancer for whom surgical resection is planned are eligible. Histologic confirmation of lung cancer is not required prior to registration or surgical exploration. Preoperative mediatinoscopy is allowed but not required in those patients with indications for mediatinoscopy. It is preferred that that mediatinoscopy be done at a different setting (prior to registration), but the procedure may be done at the same setting as the lobectomy. 2. No prior therapy for this diagnosis. 3. No prior treatment with mediastinal radiation therapy. 4. Age ≥ 18 years of age. 5. ECOG performance status: 0-2.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 12 locations

Suspended

Beebe Medical Center

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Suspended

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

Newark, United States
Suspended

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Evanston Hospital

Evanston, United States
Suspended

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)

Columbia, United States
Completed12 Study Centers