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Fluorescence Guided Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Cooperative Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Surgery Strategy for Early Gastric Cancer

Fluorescence Guided Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Cooperative Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Surgery Strategy for Early Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Study

About This Trial

The main treatment for early gastric cancer (EGC) include endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and radical gastrectomy. However, appropriate treatment for patients who exceed the absolute indications and noncurative resection of ESD remains unestablished. Sentinel node navigation surgery (SNNS) enables limited lymph node resection, thereby facilitating function-preserving gastrectomy (FPG) and improving quality of life (QoL). SNNS seems to be the promising solution according to previous study, however evidence-based medicine was lacking. It is imperative to establish its safety and efficacy in patients with EGC. However, the optimal implementation of FPG remain unclear. Moreover, objective assessment of postoperative functional outcomes,remains limited.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - 1\) Patients aged 18-80 years, regardless of gender. 2) Patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score ≤ 2 and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score ≤ 2 who are candidates for a curative D2 gastrectomy. 3\) Patients without prior gastrointestinal surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. 4\) Patients with normal liver, kidney, heart, lung, and bone marrow function (GPT × 109 /L, PLT\>109 /L). 5\) Patients capable of understanding and adhering to the research protocol. 6) Patients who can provide written willing to sign a consent form, either personally or through legal representative. 7\) Patients with cT1N0M0 gastric cancer or after non-curative ESD resection, according to the UICC TNM staging system, 8th edition. Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - 1\) Patients with a contraindication for gastroscopy. 2) Patients with uncontrollable diseases, such as coagulation disorders, epilepsy, central nervous system diseases or mental disorders, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, a cerebrovascular accident that occurred within 6 months, and other surgical contraindications. 3\) Patients unable to undergo general anesthesia or surgical treatment due to conditions related to other organs, or unwilling to undergo surgery. 4\) Patients with gastric stump cancer, recurrent gastric cancer, multiple primary malignant tumors in the abdominopelvic cavity, or a history of other malignant tumors within the previous 5 years. 5\) Pregnant or lactating women. 6) Participants enrolled in other clinical trials. 7) Patients with undeterminable tracer staining range or contraindications to tracer use. 8\) Patients who fail to receive or fail ESD therapy. 9) Patients who meet the absolute indication of ESD. Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * 1\) Patients aged 18-80 years, regardless of gender. 2) Patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score ≤ 2 and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score ≤ 2 who are candidates for a curative D2 gastrectomy. 3\) Patients without prior gastrointestinal surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. 4\) Patients with normal liver, kidney, heart, lung, and bone marrow function (GPT × 109 /L, PLT\>109 /L). 5\) Patients capable of understanding and adhering to the research protocol. 6) Patients who can provide written informed consent, either personally or through legal representative. 7\) Patients with cT1N0M0 gastric cancer or after non-curative ESD resection, according to the UICC TNM staging system, 8th edition. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) Patients with a contraindication for gastroscopy. 2) Patients with uncontrollable diseases, such as coagulation disorders, epilepsy, central nervous system diseases or mental disorders, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, a cerebrovascular accident that occurred within 6 months, and other surgical contraindications. 3\) Patients unable to undergo general anesthesia or surgical treatment due to conditions related to other organs, or unwilling to undergo surgery. 4\) Patients with gastric stump cancer, recurrent gastric cancer, multiple primary malignant tumors in the abdominopelvic cavity, or a history of other malignant tumors within the previous 5 years. 5\) Pregnant or lactating women. 6) Participants enrolled in other clinical trials. 7) Patients with undeterminable tracer staining range or contraindications to tracer use. 8\) Patients who fail to receive or fail ESD therapy. 9) Patients who meet the absolute indication of ESD.

Treatments Being Tested

PROCEDURE

Fluorescence Guided Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Cooperative Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Surgery

Patients without prior ESD received ESD with laparoscopic sentinel basin dissection (LSBD) for ESD resectable lesions, otherwise patients received laparoscopic-endoscopic cooperative regional gastrectomy (LRG) with LSBD. For patients with prior non-curative ESD, LSBD alone was performed if margins were negative, otherwise LRG with LSBD was conducted. LECS-SNNS adopted a left-sided surgical approach. During laparoscopic sentinel node basin dissection (LSBD), indocyanine green (ICG) (2 mL, 2.5 mg/mL) was endoscopically injected into the submucosal layer at four quadrants around the marking points (0.5 mL per quadrant). Sentinel lymph node basins (SLBs) were defined as the area within a 2 cm margin of the detected fluorescence stained nodes, which were marked with laparoscopic clips. Fifteen minutes after ICG injection, the SLBs were examined first under white light and then using fluorescence imaging. Staining status was determined by consensus among surgeons and endoscopists.

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic D2 radical gastrectomy

Preparation: The patient is positioned supine with general anesthesia. An orogastric tube and Foley catheter are inserted. Antibiotics are administered, and sequential stockings are applied. Port Placement: Pneumoperitoneum is created via a Veress needle at the umbilicus. Working ports are placed in the upper quadrants, with a fifth port for liver retraction. Abdominal Exploration: The abdomen is inspected for metastases, and peritoneal cytology is performed. Dissection and Lymph Node Removal: The lesser omentum is divided near the liver, reaching the cardia and diaphragm. The gastrocolic ligament is divided along the transverse colon. Lymph node dissection begins along the splenic artery, then proceeds to the left gastric artery and celiac nodes. The left gastric vessels are controlled with endoclips.After lymph node dissection, distal subtotal gastrectomy is performed. Digestive tract reconstruction is typically done through a mini-laparotomy.

Locations (1)

Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China