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Loupe-Based Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging

Loupe-Based Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging for the Guidance of Brain Tumor Surgery

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) are the most common primary malignant brain tumors. Survival of patients with these brain tumors is directly related to the extent of resection. Consequently, a great deal of effort has been directed at developing techniques and technologies that allow more extensive, safe resections. This study will test a loupe-based wearable device in the clinical setting and compare its accuracy with a large operative microscope to identify tumor tissues. Postoperative histopathological analysis on tumor tissues will be used as gold standards for comparison. The outcome from this study will be a low-cost, miniaturized, easy-to-operate, loupe-based fluorescence imaging device for intraoperative guidance of brain tumor resection with the same level of accuracy as the large microscope.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
30 (estimated)
First submitted
26 Feb 2021
Start date
17 Nov 2017
Primary completion date
Aug 2027
Lead sponsor
Guoqiang Yu
Diseases
Glioblastoma
NCT number
NCT04780009

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 30
  • From 17 Nov 2017 to the primary completion date, Aug 2027
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • patients undergoing emergency surgery

Age

  • under 18 years of age

Other

  • pregnant women
  • inability to give consent due to dysphagia or language barrier

Who the study is looking for

  • adults with brain malignant gliomas undergoing resection
  • at least 18 years of age
  • able to understand the consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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University of Kentucky
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LexingtonUnited StatesRecruiting

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