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Breast CarcinomaNCT03630601

Photoacoustic Imaging in Diagnosing Changes in Tumors in Participants With Breast Cancer, Sarcoma, Skin Cancer, or Soft Tissue Malignancy and Healthy Volunteers

A study testing Photoacoustic Imaging in people with Breast Carcinoma and Healthy Subject, run by Roswell Park Cancer Institute at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

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

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Trial summary

This pilot trial studies how well photoacoustic imaging works in diagnosing changes in tumors in participants with breast cancer, sarcoma, skin cancer, or soft tissue malignancy and healthy volunteers. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
Photoacoustic Imaging
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
7 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
28 Jun 2018to 15 Mar 2023
Phase
Interventional
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

Who may be able to join

  • ALL GROUPS:
  • No restriction on race or ethnic background.
  • Subject must understand the investigational nature of the study and sign an independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent prior to receiving any study related procedure.
  • HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS:
  • No history of antimicrobial therapy or drug treatment including anti-hypertensive, diuretic, immunosuppressive or anti-depressant drugs in the previous 6-month period.
  • No history of diabetes.
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  • No history of cancer to the body site to be imaged.
  • BREAST, SARCOMA, SKIN CANCER, AND SUPERFICIAL MALIGNANCY PATIENTS:
  • Biopsy-proven aforementioned malignancy.
  • SURGICAL FLAP PATIENTS:
  • Need for plastic surgery reconstruction with a free or rotational flap.

Who cannot join

  • Uncontrolled illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements or provide consent.
  • Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the subject an unsuitable candidate to undergo imaging procedure.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study of Photoacoustic Imaging (PAI)

This pilot trial studies how well photoacoustic imaging works in diagnosing changes in tumors in participants with breast cancer, sarcoma, skin cancer, or soft tissue malignancy and healthy volunteers. Photoacoustic imaging is a low-risk imaging method that provides information about the oxygenation of tissues using a combination of light and ultrasound techniques. Photoacoustic imaging uses a signal from hemoglobin to provide information on blood flow and oxygen levels, and it may be helpful in determining changes in tumors after chemotherapy or radiation treatment.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To define the feasibility of the current photoacoustic imaging (PAI) technology in various groups of human subjects.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To define the utility of the current PAI on various groups of human subjects.

II. When possible, via means of an existing data review, PAI will be correlated with standard imaging modalities performed on patients as routine part of clinical care or on protocol.

III. When possible, via means of an existing data review, PAI will be compared to pathologic specimens.

IV. When possible, via means of an existing data review, PAI data will be correlated with outcomes of patients to therapies they receive.

OUTLINE:

Participants undergo PAI on different parts of the body over 20 minutes for up to 5 imaging sessions for 6 months.

Being tested
Photoacoustic Imaging
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Sarcoma

What participants receive

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

  • Photoacoustic ImagingProcedure or surgery

    Undergo PAI

Study groups in NCT03630601
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Diagnostic (photoacoustic imaging)ExperimentalParticipants undergo PAI on different parts of the body over 20 minutes for up to 5 imaging sessions for 6 months.
Receives: Procedure: Photoacoustic Imaging

What is being measured

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

  1. Feasibility of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) to quantify tumor characteristics

    This will be deemed a success if at least 3 imaging sessions produce a usable image. Usable datasets will be defined as those images with detectable PAI signal with minimal or no artifacts within the region of interest. This analysis will be done in the imaged sample, consisting of enrolled patients who attempt at least one imaging session. Patients who do not attempt at least one imaging session will be replaced.

    Measured: Up to 6 months

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Utility of serial PAI measurements

    This will be explored by comparison with disease and outcome characteristics collected during routine cancer treatment, including standard imaging modalities, pathology results, and clinical outcomes. Results of these analyses are intended to inform development of early stage (Phase 1/2) clinical trials that consider PAI summaries as biomarkers for treatment response.

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  2. Serial PAI oxygenation measurements

    This will be correlated with disease and patient characteristics using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA ) for categorical factors

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  3. Serial PAI oxygenation measurements

    This will be correlated with disease and patient characteristics using OLS regression for continuous factors

    Measured: Up to 6 months

  4. Serial PAI oxygenation measurements

    This will be correlated with disease and patient characteristics using Cox Regression models for progression and overall survival.

    Measured: Up to 6 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted15 Aug 2018
  2. Study start28 Jun 2018
  3. Primary completion15 Mar 2023
  4. Study completion15 Mar 2023

Why it stopped: Diagnostic issues

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
7 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03630601
Sponsor's protocol ID
I 56617
Other IDs
NCI-2018-01424, I 56617, R01CA204636
Status last verified
Mar 2023
First submitted
24 Jul 2018
Last updated
31 Mar 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Photoacoustic Imaging in people with Breast Carcinoma and Healthy Subject, run by Roswell Park Cancer Institute at 1 site in United States.

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 11 inclusion and 3 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 31 Mar 2023. 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 States. 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: Diagnostic issues). 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?

Feasibility of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) to quantify tumor characteristics (time frame: Up to 6 months). 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 31 Mar 2023.

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