Clinical trial · Interventional
A Novel Method of Clipped Axillary Lymph Node Localization Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients .
Feasibility of a Novel Method of Axilla Staging by Using Ultrasound Visible Clips to Mark the Involved Axillary Lymph Nodes Before Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients
NCT03878017CI-TRIAL-00043573unknownN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
to determine the feasibility of a novel technique of localization of clipped LN post neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Female | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| skin marking of clip axillary lymph node for localisation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- skin marking of clipped axillary LN
- description
- all eligible patients underwent skin marking of their clipped axillary LN post neoadjuvant chemotherapy to determine the retrieval rate of the clipped nodes
- interventionNames
- Procedure: skin marking of clip axillary lymph node for localisation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- retrieval rates of the clipped node using this novel technique
- timeFrame
- at an average of a year
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * breast cancer patients with involved axillary LN \<3, * going for neoadjuvant chemotherapy Exclusion Criteria: -stage 4 breast cancer patients
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDLim GH, Al Shukairi AM, Lee YS, Teo SY, Yan Z, Tan QT, Gudi M, Ng RP, Wong FY. Targeted axillary dissection in breast cancer patients with metastatic nodal disease: a prospective study on localization techniques and oncological outcomes. Gland Surg. 2025 Aug 31;14(8):1529-1538. doi: 10.21037/gs-2025-166. Epub 2025 Aug 20. PMID 40948928