Fluorescence Angiography: Planning and Monitoring of Perforator Flaps (AFLU)

Fluorescence Angiography With Fluobeam™ Camera (Fluoptics Company): Planning and Monitoring of Perforator Flaps

The purpose of this study is to determine whether fluorescence angiography is an effectiveness technique for the localization of vascular perforators and their area of perfusion and for the postoperative monitoring of flap perfusion.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Reconstructive Surgery
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Fluorescence angiography (Fluobeam™ imaging system developed by Fluoptics company)

Detailed Description

Reconstructive surgery is intended to replace amputated anatomical regions by autologous tissue taken from distant locations: flaps. The goal is to restitute ad integrum with minimal sequelae. Among the flaps available, perforator flaps have the advantage of being highly plastic, large and can be taken from accessory vessels the loss of wich does not compromise the vitality of the sampling site. However their more variable anatomy requires irradiating preoperative morphological assessment (CT angiography) or a doppler ultrasonography that is not always performed by the surgeon himself and does not distinguish between muscle perforator and skin perforator.

Fluorescence angiography is a superficial exploration technique of vascularization. After intravenous injection of a tracer (indocyanine green ICG), fluorescence angiography provides useful surface angiographic imaging in real-time. It can also help in monitoring intraoperative and postoperative quality of vascular anastomoses. Although fluorescence angiography has numerous applications (ophthalmology, neurosurgery, liver transplantation...), its usefulness in surgical flaps is only supported by a few publications. None really validate its clinical value by comparing it to reference investigations (CT angiography or doppler ultrasonography).

40 candidate for reconstructive surgery will be included in this study. The day before surgery, in addition to the usual technique used to locate perforator flaps, the patient will receive an injection of 0.025 mg / kg Infracyanine® (indocyanine green) and the area of interest of the flap will be explored with the Fluobeam™ camera.

Two hours after the surgery, during the usual clinical monitoring of the vitality of the flap, a new injection of Infracyanine® will test perfusion of the flap by measuring fluorescence intensity of the target area. These measurement will then be repeated every 6 hours for 4 days.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 27
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Isere
    • Grenoble, Isere, France, 38043
      • University hospital of Grenoble

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• perforator flap reconstruction whatever the indication (cancer, trauma, malformations). The main targets are the fibula flaps, anterolateral thigh flaps and inferior epigastric flaps
• consenting patient

Exclusion Criteria:

• known indocyanine green allergy
• pregnant woman, parturient woman or nursing woman

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: add-on fluorescence angiography; The surgeon will prescribe the usual morphological assessment of the proposed flap: CT angiography for an anterolateral thigh flap or an epigastric inferior flap; A Doppler ultrasonography for a fibula flap. In addition to the usual radiological technique used to locate the perforating arteries, the patient will have a fluorescence angiography prior to surgery, another just after the end of surgery and then one every six hours during the next 4 days.

Device: Fluorescence angiography (Fluobeam™ imaging system developed by Fluoptics company); Fluorescence angiography after intravenous injection of Infracyanine® (indocyanine green); Other Names: The device used in this study is the Fluobeam™ imaging system developed by the company Fluoptics.; the technique requires the injection of a tracer Infracyanine® (SERB pharmaceutical company)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Comparison between the position of perforator flap determined by fluorescence angiography and the real anatomic position of the flap determined after dissection	For each flap, the position of the flap determined by fluorescent angiography will be compared with the anatomic position (actual) determined on the relevant flap after dissection (gold standard).	During the first fluorescent angiography

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Comparison between the position of the perforator flap determined by fluorescence angiography and the position of the flap determined by reference imaging techniques relevant to the flap (CT angiography or doppler ultrasonography)	For each flap, the position of the flap determined by fluorescent angiography will be compared with the position determined by reference imaging techniques relevant to the flap (CT angiography or doppler ultrasonography)	During the first fluorescent angiography
Intraoperative monitoring of the quality of micro-vascular anastomoses using fluorescent angiography	Intraoperative monitoring of vascular flow through the micro-anastomoses will be determined by: measuring the arterial and venous trans-anastomotic flow (ml / mm); flow measurement (ml / mm) of an equivalent diameter vessel located in the operative field and not affected by the anastomosis; intrinsic transit time (in seconds) which is the time required for the fluorescence between the arterial anastomosis and the venous anastomosis; the number of leaks around the anastomosis.	Just after micro-vascular anastomoses
Postoperative monitoring of flap perfusion using fluorescence angiography	This is to test the hypothesis that the dynamics of the fluorescence intensity in the area of interest is a prognostic factor for postoperative complications.	Every six hours for four days after surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Grenoble
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Georges BETTEGA, MD, PHD, University Hospital, Grenoble

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Koenig A, Herve L, Gonon G, Josserand V, Berger M, Dinten JM, Boutet J, Peltie P, Coll JL, Rizo P. Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography for free-space and multifluorophore studies. J Biomed Opt. 2010 Jan-Feb;15(1):016016. doi: 10.1117/1.3309738.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 10, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): October 10, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 31, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): September 10, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 18, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 16, 2019
• Last Verified: April 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: reconstructive surgery; fluorescent angiography; perforator flap
• Other Study ID Numbers: DCIC/11/13