In Vivo Confocal Endomicroscopy of the Brain

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Brain Neoplasms

In brief

The purpose of the study is to test the feasibility of obtaining interpretable in vivo endomicroscopy images which can be compared with traditional histopathology. Hypothesis: That a rigid confocal endomicroscope can be used during neurosurgery to provide in vivo histology that enables differentiation of tumour tissue from normal adjacent brain tissue.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00949793

Run by

Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH

People needed

30

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-11-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• All patients with neurosurgical pathology requiring surgery in which tumor resection might be evaluated by using biopsy.

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant women
• Inability to give informed consent
• History of allergy to fluorescein
• Patients on beta-blockers or ACE inhibitors

Where it is running

• Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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