Feasibility of Intraoperative Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy in Brain Tumors

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Conditions studied: Brain Tumor

In brief

This clinical trial studies optical imaging in assessing activity during surgery in patients with brain tumors. New procedures, such as optical spectroscopy, may help doctors maximally remove brain tumors and minimize damage to normal brain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01627535

Run by

City of Hope Medical Center

People needed

4

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-20

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Neurosurgical patient population in the City of Hope brain and spinal tumor neurosurgical programs that have been diagnosed with a brain tumor.
• Only lucid patients qualified to consent to neurosurgical procedure will be approached for participation in this study.
• We do intend to enroll subjects with potentially terminal brain tumors. Due to the potential benefit of intraoperative mapping, we are not planning to exclude these subjects.
• Patients with any type of brain tumor will be eligible for participation.
• All subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• There are no exclusion criteria except for individuals without a brain tumor and the location of the craniotomy. If the exposed area of brain is not compatible with peripheral stimuli or volitional activity the subject cannot be enrolled.
• Subjects, who in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study.

Where it is running

• City of Hope Medical Center — Duarte, California, United States

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