Reflectance Confocal Microscopy of Wounds During Moh's Surgery: Feasibility Testing of a Mosaicing Algorithm for Intraoperative Imaging of Cancer Margins

Status:	Active, not recruiting
Conditions:	Skin Cancer, Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:	Oncology
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	18 - Any
Updated:	8/10/2018
Start Date:	May 2013
End Date:	May 2019

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new instrument that shines light and takes digital
pictures of skin. The goal is to develop a technique that may enable fast and accurate
assessment of surgical margins in the excision of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or squamous cell
carcinoma (SCC). The investigators will evaluate the pictures obtained by the confocal
microscope to determine whether this technique may be useful in the future for helping Mohs
surgeons remove cancers. In the future, patients may benefit with shorter surgery and
improved care.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients undergoing Mohs surgery for basal cell carcinoma (BCC )or squamous cell
carcinoma (SCC). .

- Ability to sign informed consent.

- Age ≥ 18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Mohs surgery located on a site that may not be convenient to confocal imaging.

- Inability to give informed consent.

- Inability to tolerate imaging procedure (i.e., remain relatively still for multiple
short durations of 3-4 minutes) over a total time of 20 minutes.

We found this trial at

sites

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Ave
New York, New York 10021

(212) 639-2000