Effectiveness and Performance of an Optical Biopsy Technology for Esophageal Cancer in Brazil and the United States
Recruiting now · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Suspected or Known Squamous Cell Neoplasia, Prior History of Squamous Cell Dysplasia and /or Neoplasia
In brief
In a previous clinical trial in China and the United States (US), the investigators developed and validated a mobile, high-resolution microendoscope (mHRME) for screening and surveillance of esophageal squamous cell neoplasia (ESCN). The trial revealed higher specificity for qualitative (visual) interpretation by experts but not the novice and in the surveillance arm (100% vs. 19%, p \<0.05). In the screening arm, diagnostic yield (neoplastic biopsies/total biopsies) increased 3.6 times (8 to 29%); 16% of patients were correctly spared any biopsy, and 18% had a change in clinical plan. In a pilot study in Brazil, the investigators tested a software-assisted mHRME with deep-learning software algorithms to aid in the detection of neoplastic images and determine the performance, efficiency, and impact of the AI-mHRME when to Lugol's chromoendoscopy (LCE) alone and when using AI-mHRME with LCE. In this clinical trial, the investigators will build on the Brazil pilot trial data to optimize an artificial intelligence (AI) mHRME and evaluate its clinical impact and implementation potential in ethnically and socioeconomically diverse populations in the US and Brazil.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06435286
- Run by
- Baylor College of Medicine
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2025-02-17
- Expected to finish
- 2027-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-02
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Outpatients undergoing routine (standard of care) Lugol's chromoendoscopic screening for squamous cell neoplasia will be eligible for enrollment, including patients with a known history of head/neck squamous cell cancer; heavy smoking and alcohol, other dietary or geographic risk factors or prior dysplasia
- Patients >18 years old.
- Patients of any sex or gender.
- Patients who are willing and able to give informed consent.
You may not qualify if…
- Allergy or prior reaction to the fluorescent contrast agent proflavine hemisulfate.
- Patients who are unable to give informed consent.
- Known advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus or dysplastic/suspected malignant esophageal lesion greater than or equal to 2 cm in size not amenable to endoscopic therapy.
- Patient unable to undergo routine endoscopy with biopsy:
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding,
- Prothrombin time greater than 50% of control; PTT greater than 50 sec, or INR greater than 2.0,
- Inability to tolerate sedated upper endoscopy due to cardio-pulmonary instability or other significant medical issues.
Where it is running
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)
- Ben Taub Hospital (Harris Health Systems) — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)
- Hospital de Cancer de Barretos - Fundacao Pio XII — Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil (enrolling)
- Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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