Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in Diagnosing Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer in Patients With an Adnexal Mass Undergoing Surgery to Remove the Ovary

April 14, 2017 updated by: David Fishman, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Microvascular Perfusion Sonographic Imaging to Detect Early Stage Ovarian Cancer

RATIONALE: New diagnostic procedures, such as contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, may be an effective method of finding ovarian cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well contrast-enhanced ultrasonography works in diagnosing early-stage ovarian cancer in patients with an adnexal mass undergoing surgery to remove the ovary.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine whether use of a contrast agent improves the images of the ovaries during ultrasonography.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients may undergo baseline transabdominal or transvaginal ultrasonography, if not already done. Patients then undergo contrast-enhanced transabdominal or transvaginal ultrasonography using perflutren lipid microspheres (Definity®) IV.

Pathology reports from tissue collected during subsequent oophorectomy is analyzed and compared with ultrasonography findings.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

67

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-6838
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37064
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37064
        • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of adnexal mass
  • Scheduled to undergo surgical oophorectomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No known respiratory failure as manifested by signs and symptoms of carbon dioxide retention or hypoxemia
  • No pulmonary vasculitis
  • No known history of severe emphysema
  • No known history of pulmonary emboli
  • No other condition that causes pulmonary hypertension due to compromised pulmonary arterial vasculature
  • No known history of severe pulmonary hypertension (i.e., systolic pulmonary artery pressures > 90 mm Hg)
  • No known history of congenital heart defect that creates a bidirectional or right-to-left shunt
  • No worsening or clinically unstable congestive heart failure
  • No known acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndromes
  • No known serious ventricular arrhythmias
  • Not at high risk for arrhythmia due to prolongation of the QT interval
  • No known or suspected hypersensitivity to blood, blood products, or albumin
  • No known hypersensitivity to perflutren
  • No known or suspected hypersensitivity to octafluoropropane or any other ingredients of perflutren lipid microspheres (Definity®)
  • No mental status problems, illiteracy, or other circumstance that would preclude giving informed consent

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Definity
Definity - perflutren lipid microspheres, 1-10 microns in diameter, which is approved for the use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border, to enhance the visualization of the ovarian vascular system.
Other: medical chart review
Drug: Definity
Definity - perflutren lipid microspheres, 1-10 microns in diameter, which is approved for the use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border, to enhance the visualization of the ovarian vascular system.
Other Names:
  • perflutren lipid microspheres

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Ovarian microvascularity
Time Frame: 2 years
To evaluate the use of contrast agents to depict the tumor microvascularity to detect ovarian cancer.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Arthur C. Fleischer, MD, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
  • Principal Investigator: David Fishman, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 28, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 28, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

February 29, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2017

Last Verified

October 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • GCO 09-0226
  • P30CA068485 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • VU-VICC-GYN-0720
  • VU-VICC-061292
  • CDR0000584233

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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