Tissue Oxygenation Measurements With Modulated Light (S-FLARE)

February 14, 2013 updated by: John V. Frangioni, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Tissue Oxygenation Measurements During Plastic Surgery Using Spatially Modulated Light (S-FLARE)

To perform a pilot study of the S-FLARE imaging system, which uses low levels of safe, invisible, near-infrared light to measure tissue oxygenation during breast reconstructive surgery and to compare S-FLARE measurements to the gold standard, FDA-approved, the ViOptix optical probe.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

This pilot study will enroll three patients who have chosen to proceed with deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction. This type of reconstruction uses skin and fat from the abdomen to reconstruct a new breast shape. The construct is vascularized through perforating arteries and veins that provide a blood supply to this tissue.

Current techniques to evaluate vessel selection rely on a handheld Doppler used for confirmation of blood flow and perfusion; however, this modality is limited as it only assesses a specific point within the flap.

The S-FLARE imaging system will be used to visualize vascularization in the DIEP flaps, and this study will compare measurements by the S-FLARE imaging system and the standard-of-care ViOptix point probe.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4

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

    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
        • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women or men above the age of 21 who are undergoing unilateral breast reconstruction after mastectomy.
  • Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test as confirmed by anesthesiologist.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • BMI > 30.

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Imaging with S-FLARE imaging system
3 patients to be imaged by S-FLARE imaging system.
Tissue oxygenation measurements during plastic surgery using the S-FLARE system.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Optimization of Ergonomics and Functioning of the S-FLARE Imaging System during Breast Reconstructive Surgery
Time Frame: 10 minute imaging procedure

Due to patient-to-patient anatomic variation, the vascular perfusion to the skin in DIEP flaps is unpredictable and of great concern to the surgeon planning the flap design. We propose a method of imaging tissue oxygenation within a DIEP flap base on the use of invisible near-infrared light.

This pilot study is a comparison study of oxygenation measurements taken by the ViOptix optical probe as the standard of care and the S-FLARE imaging system, with the intention of optimizing the ergonomics and functionality of the S-FLARE imaging system for use during breast reconstructive surgery.

10 minute imaging procedure

Collaborators and Investigators

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Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John V. Frangioni, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 3, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 3, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

May 4, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 18, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 14, 2013

Last Verified

February 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2009-P000384 BIDMC

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