RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT03823144

Intravital Microscopy in Human Solid Tumors

Intravital Microscopy (IVM) in Human Solid Tumors


Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Enrollment

85 participants

Start Date

Feb 28, 2019

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This study will investigate the tumor-associated vasculature of patients with solid tumors. The investigators will use a technology known as intravital microscopy (IVM) in order to visualize in real-time the vessels associated with solid tumors. The IVM observations may determine if an individual patient's tumor vessels would be amenable to receiving systemic therapy, based on the functionality of the vessels.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is using a specialized microscope (called intravital microscopy — a technique that can image living tissue at a cellular level in real time) during surgery to observe how cancer cells behave and interact with the surrounding environment in human solid tumors. **You may be eligible if...** - You are 18 years or older - You have a tumor that can be seen directly and needs to be surgically removed - Your tumor is one of these types: stomach, pancreatic, liver/bile duct, colorectal, sarcoma, brain, or breast cancer (including cancer in the armpit lymph nodes) - Your tumor can be primary (original site) or metastatic (spread from elsewhere) - You are in generally good health - You do not have an allergy to fluorescein (a dye used during the procedure, confirmed by a skin prick test) **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are allergic to fluorescein based on the skin test - Your tumor is not accessible during surgery using this technique - Your health status is too poor to safely undergo surgery Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

DEVICEDiagnostic Microscopy

Undergo Intravital microscopy (IVM), which allows real-time, direct visualization of microscopic blood vessels and calculation of blood flow.

DRUGFluorescein Sodium Injection

Given IV as part of IVM procedure


Locations(1)

Mayo Clinic Florida

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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