Direct Visual Fluorescence in Finding Oral Cancer in High-Risk Patients and Patients Undergoing Routine Dental Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma, Stage 0 Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer, Tongue Cancer

In brief

This clinical trial studies direct visual fluorescence in finding oral cancer in high-risk patients and patients undergoing routine dental care. Diagnostic procedures, such as direct visual fluorescence, may help find and diagnose oral cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01816841

Run by

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

68

Starts

2008-11-11

Expected to finish

2019-12-28

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• HIGH-RISK POPULATION:
• 33 consecutive consenting patients presenting to The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital Otolaryngology Department with a suspicious oral lesion or prior biopsy-confirmed epithelial dysplasia (mild, moderate, severe), carcinoma in situ (CIS), or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) will be recruited; adult patients presenting for initial evaluation for treatment planning and/or presenting for follow-up appointments monitoring for recurrence will be eligible to participate
• GENERAL POPULATION:
• 250 consecutive consenting patients presenting to The Ohio State University College of Dentistry for routing dental care will be recruited; adult patients presenting to the screening clinic for initial oral evaluation will be eligible to participate

Where it is running

• Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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