Glowing dye could guide safer cancer surgery
NCT ID NCT07303231
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a special dye, called indocyanine green, can help surgeons find cancer that has spread to nearby lymph nodes during esophageal cancer surgery. About 144 adults with esophageal cancer will take part. If the dye works well, it may allow doctors to remove fewer lymph nodes, reducing side effects like fluid leaks and immune problems.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 144 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age and gender: 18-75 years old, male and female unlimited; 2. Preoperative biopsy was pathologically diagnosed as esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; 3. Preoperative combination with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; 4. Surgical resection of esophageal carcinoma under endoscopic selection and intraoperative anastomosis; 5. Heart, lung, liver and kidney functions can tolerate operation; 6. Patients and their family members can understand and are willing to participate in this clinical study and sign the informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Allergic to ICG or iodine; 2. Patients with a history of chest surgery or thoracic lymph node dissection; 3. Patients needing emergency surgery; 4. Patients whose tumors involve neighboring organs and need to be removed by combining organs; 5. Patients with tumor recurrence or distant metastasis; 6. Patients who had participated in or were participating in other clinical trials within the previous 4 weeks were included; 7. A history of serious mental illness; 8. Pregnant or lactating women; 9. Patients with other conditions considered by the researcher should not participate in the study.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350000, China
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