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ALA-induced PpIX Fluorescence During Brain Tumor Resection
Sponsor: David W. Roberts
Summary
Removing a tumor from a patients brain is hard to do because, very often, brain tumors do not have boundaries that are easy for the patients surgeon to find. In many cases, the surgeon can't tell exactly where the tumor begins or ends. The surgeon usually can remove most of the patient's tumor by looking at the MRI images that were taken of the patient's brain before surgery. However, the surgeon does not have any good way to tell if the entire tumor has been removed or not. Removing the entire tumor is very important because leaving tumor behind may allow it to grow back which could decrease the chances of survival.
Official title: Quantification of ALA-induced PpIX Fluorescence During Brain Tumor Resection
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
21 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
540
Start Date
2014-07
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-09-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
5-aminolevulinic acid
Locations (1)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States