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Anatomical Relationship of Level IB Lymph Nodes to the Submandibular Gland in Cancer Patients

NCT00728130 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2015-01-05

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Summary

Hypothesis

1. The submandibular gland is not a lymphatic organ and usually remains uninvolved with head and neck cancer despite the presence of metastatic disease in the lymph nodes that surround it.
2. All the lymph nodes in the submandibular triangle can be removed without resection of the submandibular gland.

Study Design

A better understanding of the frequency of submandibular gland involvement may lead to refined treatment strategies for head and neck cancer, which can possibly spare removal of the submandibular gland and potentially improve the long term side effects from therapy.

Conditions

  • Carcinoma

Interventions

PROCEDURE

neck dissection of at least the ipsilateral sub-level 1B

neck dissection of at least the ipsilateral sub-level 1B

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Southern Illinois University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Robbins, M.D. · SIU School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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