Clinical trial · Interventional
Ultrasound-assisted CNSs Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Ultrasound-assisted Carbon Nanoparticle Suspensions Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Early Breast Cancer (UltraCars): a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial
- 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)
The investigators suggested ultrasound-assisted Carbon nanoparticle suspensions (CNSs) mapping had great clinical value in clinical application and might serve as a useful alternative to the dual-tracer-guided SLNB. The investigators designed this prospective, randomized controlled phase 3 trial, to compare the feasibility and diagnostic performance of ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle suspensions mapping versus dual-tracer-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early breast cancer.
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 | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| GC group: CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| UC group: ultrasound-assisted CNSs guided | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- UC group
- description
- Ultrasound-assisted CNSs guided SLN mapping
- interventionNames
- Procedure: UC group: ultrasound-assisted CNSs guided
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- GC group
- description
- CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided SLN mapping
- interventionNames
- Procedure: GC group: CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- The identification rate of SLNs
- timeFrame
- within 14 days of SLNB
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion criteria: 1. The participants must be female and 18 years of age or older. 2. Resectable invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, confirmed histologically. 3. Ductal carcinoma in situ confirmed histologically. 4. The participants must be a preoperative clinical Tis, T1, T2, T3 as well as clinical M0 breast cancer. 5. Without clinical or radiological nodal involvement (cN0): No positive ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes; No prior removal of ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes; No suspicious palpable nodes in the contralateral axilla or palpable supraclavicular or infraclavicular nodes, unless proven nonmalignant by biopsy. 6. With clinical positive lymph nodes (cN1) (including any abnormal or enlarged clinically palpable lymph nodes or core biopsy/surgical biopsy/FNA evidence of malignant cell within any lymph nodes) that was downstaged to cN0 following neoadjuvant therapy. 7. The participants must have an ECOG performance status of Grade 0-1. 8. The participants must provide written informed consent before participating in the study. Exclusion criteria: 1. The breast has ulceration, erythema, infiltration of the skin or underlying chest wall (complete fixation), peau d'orange, or skin edema of any magnitude. Tethering or dimpling of the skin or nipple inversion allowed. 2. The participants has a known hypersensitivity to tracers planned for use during SLNB. 3. Other prior breast malignancy except lobular carcinoma in situ. 4. The participants has had prior breast implants. 5. The participants has had prior breast reduction surgery. 6. The participants has had other prior surgery in the upper, outer quadrant, areola, or axilla to the indicated breast. 7. The participants has a positive pregnancy test or is lactating. 8. The participants has participated in another investigational drug study during the 30 days prior to signing informed consent.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDZhang L, Cheng M, Lin Y, Zhang J, Shen B, Chen Y, Yang C, Yang M, Zhu T, Gao H, Ji F, Li J, Wang K. Ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle suspension mapping versus dual tracer-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early breast cancer (ultraCars): phase III randomized clinical trial. Br J Surg. 2022 Nov 22;109(12):1232-1238. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac311. PMID 36074703