Fluorescence-Guided Surgical Resection for Reducing Unexpected Positive Margins in Patients With Sarcoma, SarcoSIGHT Trial
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Electronic Health Record Review, Fluorescence Imaging, Fluorescence-Guided Surgery, Indocyanine Green.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: High Grade Sarcoma, Sarcoma. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
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Official title
SarcoSIGHT: A Randomized-Control Trial of Fluorescence Guided Sarcoma Surgery Versus the Standard of Care
Overview
This phase II trial compares standard of care surgical resection to fluorescence-guided surgical resection using indocyanine green and fluorescence imaging for reducing unexpected positive margin rates in patients with sarcoma. Surgical margins are one of the criteria used in assessing the effectiveness of a given surgical procedure. They are the edges or border of the tissue removed in cancer surgery. A negative margin means that the resected tumor is surrounded by normal tissue, which implies there is no disease left in the patient. By contrast, a positive margin means that sarcoma cells are visible at the edge of the tumor. Positive margins may be classified as planned when they are expected pre-operatively due to the preservation of a critical structure, or unexpected when the pathologist reports the presence of tumor at the margin despite the surgeon having intended to remove it in its entirety. Fluorescence-guided surgery is an established surgical method that involves the administration of fluorescent dye (in this case, indocyanine green) into the tumor, which can then be visualized with a special camera during surgery to help surgeons identify tumor versus healthy tissue. Fluorescence-guided surgery may reduce the rate of unexpected positive margins in patients undergoing surgery for sarcoma.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine whether there is a reduction in the unexpected positive margin rate (UPM) in patients receiving fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) using indocyanine green (ICG) compared to standard of care (SoC).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the effect of FGS using ICG compared to the SoC over a 12-month period.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the role of ICG in the pathological margin assessment of resected sarcoma specimens whilst improving understanding of the cellular mechanisms of FGS using ICG.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo standard of care surgical resection.
ARM II: Patients receive ICG intravenously (IV) 12-24 hours prior to their scheduled surgery. Patients then undergo FGS with intraoperative fluorescence imaging.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.
Interventions
- Other Electronic Health Record Review
Ancillary studies - Procedure Fluorescence Imaging
Undergo fluorescence imaging - Procedure Fluorescence-Guided Surgery
Undergo FGS - Drug Indocyanine Green
Given IV - Other Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies - Procedure Resection
Undergo surgical resection
Primary outcome measures
- Unexpected positive margin (UPM) rate [Time frame: At 6 months post-surgery]
Secondary outcome measures (10)
- Intraoperative complications [Time frame: During surgical resection]
- Postoperative complications [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
- Length of index operation [Time frame: During surgical resection]
- Length of inpatient stay [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Recurrence [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
- Therapies [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
- Overall survival [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
- Quality of life [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
- Recovery following resection [Time frame: Up to 12 months]
- Surgical impact and decision making [Time frame: Immediately following surgical resection]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Documented written informed consent of the participant
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of intermediate to high grade sarcoma
- All ages
- Amenable to surgical resection as a part of curative intent for the patient
- Willingness to:
- Respond to surveys during the trial
- Permit medical record/ clinical laboratory result review
Exclusion criteria
- Due for surgery with palliative intent
- Recurrent tumors
- Intracranial, retroperitoneal, and visceral anatomical locations
- A woman of childbearing potential who is currently pregnant (as confirmed by urine pregnancy test)
- A woman who are currently breastfeeding
- Known allergies to ICG, iodine, iodine dyes or shellfish
- Unable to provide written and informed consent
- Patients with hyper-thyroidism or autonomic thyroid adenomas
- Premature infants/neonates with exchange transfusion indication due to hyperbilirubinemia
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- City of Hope Medical Center — Duarte
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07650656 · 24374 · NCI-2026-03865 · 24374 · P30CA033572