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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03050788
Date of registration: 09/02/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Public title: Smartphone Confocal Microscopy for Diagnosing Kaposi's Sarcoma
Scientific title: Smartphone Confocal Microscopy for Diagnosing Kaposi's Sarcoma
Date of first enrolment: March 10, 2017
Target sample size: 363
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03050788
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Uganda
Contacts
Name:     Dongkyun Kang, PhD
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Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

i. = 18 years old ii. Clinically suspected KS iii. Presence of suspected KS lesions in
areas which are considered safe to biopsy by the Ugandan providers, which means all areas
of the skin except for the mouth and eye.

Exclusion Criteria:

i. Presence of suspected KS lesions exclusively on the mouth or eye unless clinical
specialists trained in biopsy of the mouth or eye are available locally to biopsy the mouth
or eye. Oral and eye sites would typically only be biopsied when clinical diagnosis has
proved to be problematic and definitive diagnosis is needed to inform a treatment plan.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Kaposi Sarcoma
Intervention(s)
Device: Smartphone confocal microscopy
Primary Outcome(s)
Feasibility of diagnosing Kaposi sarcoma using the smartphone confocal microscopy [Time Frame: Approximately 20 minutes (10 minutes for in vivo imaging)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2016P002672
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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