Prospective Study of 2 mm Margins for the Biopsy of Dysplastic Nevi (NCT03094273) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Prospective Study of 2 mm Margins for the Biopsy of Dysplastic Nevi
United States138 participantsStarted 2013-02-25
Plain-language summary
Non-interventional study to evaluate the utility of removing Dysplastic Nevi with a defined 2 mm margin.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* All patents seen in the practices of the study physicians are eligible to participate in the study.
* Patients must be over 18 years of age.
* Patients who are able to provide informed consent.
* Patient must have a lesion in which the differential diagnosis includes a DN and for which the study dermatologist deems it is appropriate to perform a saucerization biopsy.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who are less than 18 years of age.
* Patients who are unable to provide informed consent.
* Lesions for which a saucerization biopsy is impractical in the judgment of the study dermatologist based on certain clinical factors (e.g. patient on anticoagulation therapy, lesion size and/or anatomic location).
What they're measuring
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Clear margins on the histopathological sections examined after a 2 mm saucerazation biopsy.