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Skin CancerNCT03497455

Utility of Digital Dermoscopy in the Skin Cancer Clinic

An observational study of Skin Cancer and Dermatology/Skin - Other, run by Barco NV at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

This feasibility study aims to evaluate the use of the BARCO NV digital dermatoscope (non-CE marked device) in the skin cancer clinic. All eligible patients attending the Dermatology outpatient skin cancer clinic will be invited to participate. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Skin Cancer, Dermatology/Skin - Other
What is being tested?
Barco NV Digital Dermatoscope device images, Standard medical photographs including dermoscopy images and Clinic proforma completion
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
13 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
12 Jul 2018to 17 Mar 2020
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: All eligible \& consenting participants will be approached in a Skin Cancer clinic. Once the clinic consultation has been completed and a decision regarding their management has been made, patients will be invited to consent to the study.

Who may be able to join

  • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
  • Male or Female, aged 18 years or above.
  • Patient presenting with any visible skin lesion for Dermatologist review on a body site amenable for optimal photographic imaging
  • Able and willing to comply with all study requirements.
  • Patient with a skin lesion that is clinically diagnosed by a Consultant Dermatologist as benign OR a suspicious skin lesion requiring excisional biopsy for histological diagnosis
  • Patient attending for a 'New' or 'Follow-up' consultation

Who cannot join

  • Patients aged under 18 years old
  • Patients unable to provide informed consent
  • Skin lesions in an anatomical site which is not suitable for photography including genital lesion, hair-bearing site or subungual lesion
  • Maximum size of lesion 25 mm
  • Lesion is at a site where previous surgery was undertaken
  • Lesion on a mucosal site

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Oxford, OX3 7LE

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About this study

Official title: Feasibility Study to Evaluate Utility of the BARCO NV Digital Dermatoscope in the Skin Cancer Clinic

This feasibility study aims to evaluate the use of the BARCO NV digital dermatoscope (non-CE marked device) in the skin cancer clinic. All eligible patients attending the Dermatology outpatient skin cancer clinic will be invited to participate. Patients who consent to the study will undergo standard care which will include medical photography of skin lesion(s) and appropriate management as determined by the Consultant Dermatologist in clinic. In addition to standard care, patients will undergo photography of the same lesion(s) using the BARCO NV digital dermatoscope. There will be no other intervention and no additional hospital visits in relation to the study. Use of the device will not influence the clinical management of the patient.

A detailed experience questionnaire will be administered to all clinicians using the BARCO device to explore their opinion on its ease of use and features.

Read more

All standard macroscopic \& dermoscopic images will be taken by OUH medical illustration department and stored on the 'Fotoweb' database (in keeping with current standard practice). Trained Dermatology Consultants, Dermatology Registrars, Research nurses or Medical Photographers, will take BARCO NV device images. A database of all BARCO images will be collected and stored on a dedicated NHS computer separate from the patient clinical record. Standard medical photography images will be stored on Fotoweb as per standard NHS clinical care.

Data will be anonymised and collated and then sent securely to BARCO for further analyses to enable optimization of the BARCO device and for development of diagnostic algorithms in the future.

Being tested
Barco NV Digital Dermatoscope device images, Standard medical photographs including dermoscopy images, Clinic proforma completion
Medical subject headings
Skin Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Barco NV Digital Dermatoscope device imagesDevice

    Images taken by Clinician in consultation OR in Dermatology department theatres OR images taken in medical photography suite - in the latter case, images can be taken by medical photographer or Research nurse or Dermatologist

  • Standard medical photographs including dermoscopy imagesDevice

    Images taken by medical photographer as part of standard care in the medical photography suite.

  • Clinic proforma completionOther

    This is part of standard care and will be undertaken by the clinician who is responsible for the patient

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Clinician experience questionnaire results

    To assess the acceptability of the new dermoscope in the skin cancer clinic, questions about the usability of the device and about the image quality of the obtained dermoscopic pictures are included.

    Measured: 1 year

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Collection of image database

    Anonymised database of clinicopathological and digital images of benign, malignant and equivocal skin lesions + Proportion of high quality images amenable to clinician evaluation

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Safety of the device for the patient and the user: occurrence of adverse events

    Number of adverse events reported

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Apr 2018
  2. Study start12 Jul 2018
  3. Primary completion17 Mar 2020
  4. Study completion17 Mar 2020

Why it stopped: COVID pandemic / Change in strategic direction

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
13 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03497455
Sponsor's protocol ID
234237
Status last verified
Dec 2021
First submitted
5 Apr 2018
Last updated
29 Dec 2021
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Skin Cancer and Dermatology/Skin - Other, run by Barco NV at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Dec 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: COVID pandemic / Change in strategic direction). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Clinician experience questionnaire results (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Dec 2021.

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