Multi-Wavelength and Coherence Confocal Reflectance Microscopy of Pigmented and Non-Pigmented Lesions on the Skin In-Vivo

Completed

Conditions studied: Basal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, Non-Malignant Skin Disorders, Squamous Cell Carcinoma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to image skin and skin lesions with a new imaging technology called "multiwavelength and coherence confocal reflectance microscopy". This technology uses low intensity laser to image below the surface of the skin. This technology may provide a new way of looking at skin and skin lesions. The goal of this study is to evaluate the images of your skin taken by this microscope. The techniques being evaluated in this study use multi wavelength and coherence confocal reflectance microscopy invivo. The term "in vivo" means in/on a living subject. In this study you will be the living subject and the multi wave length and coherence confocal microscope will be placed on your skin to look at your skin lesions and your normal skin. The confocal microscope uses a weak laser light and a sophisticated lens to image the individual cells that make up the skin. Your lesion will be photographed with high resolution photography. An area near your skin lesion that is clinically normal will also be imaged in the same manner.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00574392

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

50

Starts

2006-11-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with a pigmented or nonpigmented skin lesion undergoing biopsy.
• Lesion located on an anatomical site that is readily accessible to the VivaScope 1500m (for example, chest, back, legs, arms, cheek, forehead).
• Ability to sign informed consent, which indicates the investigational nature of this study.
• Age ≥ 18.

You may not qualify if…

• Biopsy located on an anatomic site that is not amenable to confocal imaging (for example, adjacent to the nose, ears or eyes, fingers, toes).
• Inability to give informed consent.
• Known hypersensitivity to adhesive rings.

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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