Dynamics and Tracer Distribution of Tilmanocept in Early Stage Breast Cancer

Summary

A sentinel node procedure is recommended for patients with early stages of breast cancer to exclude metastases to local lymph nodes. This procedure is done with a "tracer" which is injected near to the tumor and drains to these nearby lymph nodes. The first draining lymph node(s) are called "sentinel" node(s). These sentinel nodes are excised by the surgeon for microscopic investigation using a detection probe. This study aims to further document the distribution and dynamics of a recently approved new tracer called Tilmanocept and comparing it with the standard used tracer (nanocolloid) to determine whether there is a significant difference between both products (which are both approved for clinical use in this scenario in the European Union). This will be done by randomly assigning patients between injection of Tilmanocept or Nanocolloid and making scans on multiple (3) time points.

Timeline

Start

2020-11-24

Primary completion

2021-05-01

Completion

2021-05-01

Publications

• Background Giammarile F, Alazraki N, Aarsvold JN, Audisio RA, Glass E, Grant SF, Kunikowska J, Leidenius M, Moncayo VM, Uren RF, Oyen WJ, Valdes Olmos RA, Vidal Sicart S. The EANM and SNMMI practice guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node localization in breast cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2013 Dec;40(12):1932-47. doi: 10.1007/s00259-013-2544-2. Epub 2013 Oct 2.
• Background Unkart JT, Hosseini A, Wallace AM. Tc-99m tilmanocept versus Tc-99m sulfur colloid in breast cancer sentinel lymph node identification: Results from a randomized, blinded clinical trial. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Dec;116(7):819-823. doi: 10.1002/jso.24735. Epub 2017 Jul 10.
• Background Unkart JT, Proudfoot J, Wallace AM. Outcomes of "one-day" vs "two-day" injection protocols using Tc-99m tilmanocept for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer. Breast J. 2018 Jul;24(4):526-530. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13002. Epub 2018 Mar 2.

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