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Breast CancerNCT01593384

Prospective Chart-Review: Impact of Combination - Digital Breast Tomosynthesis + Digital Mammography

An observational study of Breast Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

Official record
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Trial summary

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a technology that has been developed to improve lesion detection in dense breasted women. Even though DBT has been regarded as a study for dense breasted women, it may also improve lesion detection at an earlier stage and smaller size in women with less dense breast tissue. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 30 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
How many people
0 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Apr 2012to Feb 2013
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 30 years and older
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Subjects from routine clinical patient population at our medical facility. There will be inclusion of employees and students in the study. A number of UHCMC employees and a few CWRU students are in our routine clinical patient population.

Who may be able to join

  • Female ages 30 and over
  • Asymptomatic
  • Any ethnic origin
  • No contraindication for routine bilateral mammogram

Who cannot join

  • Pregnancy
  • Lactating patients
  • Breast implants
  • Unable to understand and execute written informed consent
  • Patient unable to obtain a mammogram while standing without assistance

About this study

Official title: To Determine the Clinical Impact of the Combination of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography on Screening for Breast Cancer

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a technology that has been developed to improve lesion detection in dense breasted women. Even though DBT has been regarded as a study for dense breasted women, it may also improve lesion detection at an earlier stage and smaller size in women with less dense breast tissue. The overlapping of tissue on a standard of care 2D mammogram leads to decreased cancer detection, it also contributes to pseudo lesions that mimic cancers. This leads to patients being asked to come back for additional imaging including mammogram and/or ultrasound images. DBT has shown to decrease call back rates by up to 43% in reader studies. Even though these results are promising they were not done in a realistic clinical setting.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the FDA-approved combination standard digital mammography (DM) and DBT technology and its impact on our clinical practice.

Read the detailed description

The investigators would like to prospectively measure the impact on recall rates, comparing DM (digital mammography) and DM+DBT, in our practice and the impact on cancer detection in our screening population. This is a two-site study in which all asymptomatic subjects undergoing the FDA-approved combination standard of care Digital Mammogram and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DM+DBT) exam will be eligible for the trial. Each subject will be her own control.Only radiologists who have gone through 8 hours of Tomosynthesis training will interpret the DM and DBT images. These radiologists will categorize each case as either dense (BI-RADS density score of 3 or 4) or fatty (BI-RADS density score of 1 or 2). The radiologist will initially read the standard of care DM part of the study first and record their interpretation and final BIRADs category. The same radiologist will then interpret the DM+DBT combination study and record their final interpretation and BIRADs category. Prior mammogram studies will be used for comparison when reading the DM and DM+DBT studies.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Keywords
Breast Cancer, Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT), Digital Mammography (DM)
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What is being measured

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

  1. Measure the impact on recall rates, comparing DM and DM+DBT

    Measure the impact on recall rates, comparing DM and DM+DBT, in our practice and the impact on cancer detection in our screening population.

    Measured: 3 yrs

Timeline

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

  1. First posted8 May 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2012
  3. Primary completionFeb 2013

Why it stopped: Funding unavailable

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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
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01593384
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE2112
Status last verified
Feb 2016
First submitted
4 May 2012
Last updated
17 Feb 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Breast Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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 4 inclusion and 5 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Feb 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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 withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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?

Measure the impact on recall rates, comparing DM and DM+DBT (time frame: 3 yrs). 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 17 Feb 2016.

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