Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Laser Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma
United States40 participantsStarted 2021-01-13
Plain-language summary
Optical coherence tomography guided laser treatment of basal cell carcinoma
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 99 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Ability to understand and carry out subject instructions or be represented by a legally authorized guardian or representative
* Ages 18 and older
* Seeks and is scheduled for treatment of a BCC previously confirmed with biopsy
Exclusion Criteria:
Any of the following will exclude participation in the study:
* Inability to understand and/or carry out instructions
* Patients with a BCC lesion that requires excision. This would include relatively large lesions (\>2.5 cm diameter), lesions that penetrate deep into the skin beyond the depth of the OCT image capture, high risk lesions as defined by the American Academy of Dermatology as recurrent and sclerosing subtype BCC, or metastases.
* Patients with periocular BCCs which might expose the patient to risk of damage to eyes from the laser.
* BCCs on legs due to their tendency towards poor wound healing.
* Pregnancy
* Patients unable to follow-up for the full 12 months.