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Primary Breast CancerUltra3DetectNCT04468113

Clip Marker Placement in Primary Lesions of Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy

An observational study of Primary Breast Cancer, run by Kliniken Essen-Mitte at 1 site in Germany.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) is increasingly recommended for patients with early breast cancer, and the rate of patients with pathological complete remission (pCR) is increasing due to the use of modern chemotherapy regimens and targeted therapies, especially in patients with human epidermal growth factor… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Primary Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
Tumark® Vision clip
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
339 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
14 May 2020to 30 Jul 2023
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 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Female patients with sonographically suspicious unilateral or bilateral intramammary foci, scheduled for sonography-guided core biopsy and marking of the lesion with the Tumark® Vision Clip.

Who may be able to join

  • female patient aged ≥ 18 years
  • written informed consent
  • patient's consent to NST
  • suspicious unilateral or bilateral intramammary foci that can be safely identified by ultrasound
  • no evidence of distant metastasis (complete staging does not have to be present at inclusion)
  • indication for breast conserving therapy
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  • no prior clip placement in the confirmed intramammary carcinoma
  • patient is able to undergo NST treatment (even if the indication based on tumor biology is not yet available)
  • high compliance and high number of planned relevant surgical interventions in participating study center
  • patient can understand the scope of this prospective registry study

Who cannot join

  • allergy to titanium and/or nickel
  • pregnancy
  • ipsilateral relapse (when NST: no exclusion criterion)
  • prior extensive breast surgery (starting from quadrant resection)
  • inflammatory breast cancer
  • extramammary breast cancer
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  • multicentric or multifocal breast cancer
  • patient is not operable
  • patient is already undergoing adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy
  • inability to understand the purpose of the clinical trial or to comply with study procedures

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Interdisciplinary Breast Unit, Kliniken Essen-Mitte

    Essen, 45136

Other trials in Germany

About this study

Official title: Prospective, Multicenter Registry Study Evaluating the Feasibility of Ultrasound-guided Clipping of Suspicious Intramammary Lesions in Primary Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy (Ultra3Detect)

Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) is increasingly recommended for patients with early breast cancer, and the rate of patients with pathological complete remission (pCR) is increasing due to the use of modern chemotherapy regimens and targeted therapies, especially in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) breast cancer and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). It is therefore important to mark a lesion (with e.g. clip) before the start of NST in order to safely identify and localize a clip and (former) tumor bed after completion of NST. Reliable sonographic detection of the clip would be preferred to mammography-guided detection and marking. In addition to avoiding radiation exposure by mammography and reducing time, personnel and financial expenditure, ultrasound-guided wire marking of the clip is less painful for the patient than stereotactic wire marking.

The present prospective registry study aims to evaluate how often the intramammary Tumark® Vision clip can be detected by ultrasound after completion of NST in patients with TNBC and HER2+ breast cancer and thus, in the case of pCR, how often the elaborate clipping with mammographic (stereotactic) guidance can be avoided.

Read the detailed description

Breast cancer patients whose carcinomas have an aggressive tumor biology which implies the need for chemotherapy are increasingly being treated with NST. As a standard procedure, clip placement of the suspicious lesion is performed after ultrasound-guided core biopsy or mammography-guided vacuum biopsy. Clipping is necessary to enable the clear identification of the sonographically suspicious area of the breast and safe surgical removal of the remaining tumor tissue (if any) during a later surgery, even following a good response under NST. The placement of a marker (clip) is particularly important for the precise localization of the original tumor bed in patients with pCR.

There are a number of commercially available markers (clips) which are indicated for intramammary marking of a lesion and which differ in terms of shape and material. Difficulties may arise in placing the clip in the tumor or the tumor center. In addition, the clip can dislocate from the initial location and/or the clip might not be visualized during response monitoring. Evaluations of the ultrasound-visible clip made of nitinol investigated in this study showed very good results regarding marker dislocation and visibility within 7 days after inital placement.The clip, which immediately unfolds into a 3-dimensional spherical structure after insertion into the tissue, could be detected by both sonography and mammography in all 50 cases after the intervention; however, long-term data data at follow-up controls during and after NST are not available so far.

According to current German guidelines, imaging-assisted wire marking is recommended without restriction before breast conserving surgery for non-palpable lesions. The clip is considered the target lesion for wire marking, which can be done under sonographic or stereotactic control. If the clip is reliably visible on ultrasound (even in patients with pCR), the stereotactic control of wire marking can be omitted. Therefore, the ability to visualize a clip in breast ultrasonography is of great importance.

The present multicenter study aims to evaluate the sonographic detection rate of the intramammary Tumark® Vision clips after NST in clinical routine and the proportion of cases in which the clip cannot be detected, and thus the rate of mammography-guided wire markings.

Being tested
Tumark® Vision clip
Keywords
breast cancer, clip, ultrasound, neoadjuvant therapy
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Tumark® Vision clipDevice

    Suspicious intramammary lesion is marked with clip

Study groups in NCT04468113
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
US-guided core biopsy and clip placementFemale patients with sonographically suspicious, intramammary foci, scheduled for ultrasound-guided core biopsy and marking of the lesion with the Tumark® Vision Clip
Receives: Device: Tumark® Vision clip

What is being measured

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

  1. Sonographic detection rate of clip at the time of surgery after completion of NST

    Intraoperative detection rate of the clip in patients with HER2+ breast cancer or TNBC after at least 12 weeks of NST treatment

    Measured: At the time of surgery

Secondary outcomes (14)
  1. Number of ultrasound-guided clip placements per patient

    1. Number of lesions marked with a clip per patient and b) Number of clips per lesion

    Measured: Immediately after placement of clip

  2. Rate of successful clip placements in the tumor center

    Not successful: clip placement technically not possible or clip was placed outside the tumor (indication of the distance from the tumor center in mm)

    Measured: Immediately after placement of clip

  3. Visibility of the device (Tumark® Vision) cannula

    Visibility (very good, good, sufficient or bad) of the cannula during US-guided clip placement

    Measured: During placement of clip

  4. Complications associated with the application of the clip

    e.g. hematoma, infection, dislocation, pain (in patients with or without NST)

    Measured: Up to 6 months after placement of clip

  5. Sonographic detection rate of clips in patients receiving NST

    Detection rate at different time points in all patients receiving NST

    Measured: Immediately after placement of clip as well as after 4-8, 9-12, 13-26 weeks of NST treatment and preoperatively

  6. Sonographic detection rate of clips in TNBC and HER2+ patients receiving NST

    Detection rate at different time points in TNBC or HER2+ breast cancer receiving NST

    Measured: Immediately after clip placement as well as after 4-8, 9-12, 13-26 weeks of NST treatment and preoperatively

  7. Sonographic detection rate of clips in all patients receiving NST and with pCR

    Definition of pCR according to residual cancer burden (RCB) score

    Measured: Immediately after clip placement as well as after 4-8, 9-12,13-26 weeks of NST treatment and preoperatively

  8. Sonographic detection rate of clips in patients not receiving NST

    Subgroup of study population not receiving NST

    Measured: Immediately after clip placement and preoperatively

  9. Intraoperative detection rate of the clip in specimen radiographs

    Detection of clip in surgical specimen from the breast subjected to radiography

    Measured: At the time of surgery

  10. Intraoperative detection rate of the clip on specimen utrasound images

    Detection of clip in surgical specimen from the breast subjected to ultrasonography

    Measured: At the time of surgery

  11. Proportion of patients requiring preoperative, mammography-guided wire marking

    If ultrasound-guided wire marking is not feasible, mammography-guided wire marking is performed

    Measured: Preoperatively

  12. Proportion of patients with mammographic verification after sonographic wire-marking

    If ultrasound-guided wire marking is inconclusive

    Measured: Preoperatively

  13. Proportion of patients with artifacts caused by clips

    On ultrasound and/or mammography images

    Measured: Up to 6 months after placement of clip

  14. Number of patients with complete pathological remission

    ypT0/is, ypN0 status after histological evaluation (according to Residual Cancer Burden [RCB] score) of Symmans (2007)

    Measured: Up to 10 weeks after surgery

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 Jul 2020
  2. Study start14 May 2020
  3. Primary completion30 Mar 2023
  4. Study completion30 Jul 2023

Resources

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
339 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04468113
Sponsor's protocol ID
V2_16-04-2020
Acronym
Ultra3Detect
Status last verified
Nov 2023
First submitted
23 Jun 2020
Last updated
24 Nov 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Ruland AM, Hagemann F, Reinisch M, Holtschmidt J, Kummel A, Dittmer-Grabowski C, Stoblen F, Rotthaus H, Dreesmann V, Blohmer JU, Kummel S. Using a New Marker Clip System in Breast Cancer: Tumark Vision(R) Clip - Feasibility Testing in Everyday Clinical Practice. Breast Care (Basel). 2018 Apr;13(2):116-120. doi: 10.1159/000486388. Epub 2018 Mar 9.

    PubMed 29887788
  • Hurvitz SA, Martin M, Symmans WF, Jung KH, Huang CS, Thompson AM, Harbeck N, Valero V, Stroyakovskiy D, Wildiers H, Campone M, Boileau JF, Beckmann MW, Afenjar K, Fresco R, Helms HJ, Xu J, Lin YG, Sparano J, Slamon D. Neoadjuvant trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and chemotherapy versus trastuzumab emtansine plus pertuzumab in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer (KRISTINE): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Jan;19(1):115-126. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30716-7. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

    PubMed 29175149
  • von Minckwitz G, Untch M, Blohmer JU, Costa SD, Eidtmann H, Fasching PA, Gerber B, Eiermann W, Hilfrich J, Huober J, Jackisch C, Kaufmann M, Konecny GE, Denkert C, Nekljudova V, Mehta K, Loibl S. Definition and impact of pathologic complete response on prognosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in various intrinsic breast cancer subtypes. J Clin Oncol. 2012 May 20;30(15):1796-804. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.38.8595. Epub 2012 Apr 16.

    PubMed 22508812
  • Shah AD, Mehta AK, Talati N, Brem R, Margolies LR. Breast tissue markers: Why? What's out there? How do I choose? Clin Imaging. 2018 Nov-Dec;52:123-136. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2018.07.003. Epub 2018 Jul 6.

    PubMed 30059952

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Primary Breast Cancer, run by Kliniken Essen-Mitte at 1 site in Germany.

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 10 inclusion and 10 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Nov 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 Germany. 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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Sonographic detection rate of clip at the time of surgery after completion of NST (time frame: At the time of surgery). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04468113, which also lists 4 linked publications.

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 24 Nov 2023.

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