(duplicate) Nevisense Evaluation in Southampton***
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A Study to Investigate the use of Nevisense Equipment measuring electrical impedance of cutaneous lesions in Southampton Skin Cancer Service in the UK.
IRAS ID
184147
Contact name
Catriona Henderson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospital Southampton
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
The treatment for melanoma is surgical excision. Current practice includes history, physical examination and dermoscopy to evaluate any suspicious lesion, although, it can be difficult to identify with certainty all possible melanomas. Many borderline lesions are therefore removed in order to obtain histological confirmation. This study, aims to gather information that may help us to reduce the unnecessary excision of benign lesions.
The Nevisense electrical impedance equipment has been developed as a post-medical screening, pre-excision tool in clinically suspicious pigmented lesions (excluding obvious melanomas). Nevisense is a non-invasive skin probe that detects tiny differences in electrical impedance in tissues and records a reading from 1 to10. It has been calibrated to recognise lesions with very little likelihood of malignancy giving readings of 3 or less while possible malignant lesions give higher readings (4 or more). Taking the readings (one on adjacent normal skin and one on lesional skin) is a safe, painless procedure that takes a few minutes.
We propose to use this equipment in all patients attending 2 week wait skin cancer clinics in Southampton who have been listed for removal of their possible melanomas on the basis of a thorough assessment by a dermatologist. The Nevisense measurements will be taken, along with macroscopic and dermascopic photographs. After 6 months, we will review the histologically confirmed diagnoses andanalyse whether the Nevisense measurements could have safely and reliably helped to avoid unneccessaty excisions in Southampton Dermatology Dept.REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1788
Date of REC Opinion
12 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion