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NIR and Skin Cancer Margins

NCT04103658 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2019-09-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We aim to determine whether the application of near-infrared radiation via standard heat lamp to non-melanoma skin lesions (such as basal cell carcinomas) before surgical excision is able to better delineate the lesion and surgical margins. If found to do so, pre-heating of skin lesions could lead to more specimens with negative margins. Patients presenting to the tertiary care centre skin cancer clinic for excision of skin cancer will be approached and offered to participate in the study.

Conditions

  • Non-melanoma Skin Cancer

Interventions

RADIATION

Near-infrared heating

Same as the arm/group description. The NIR heating group will have the non-melanoma skin cancer lesion excised based on the lesion borders established from application of NIR heat at a distance of 20cm for 10 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University, Canada

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-30
Primary Completion
2019-12-30
Completion
2019-12-30

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