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Breast NeoplasmsMARRESNCT04585074

Prospective Study of MAstectomy With Reconstruction Including Robot Endoscopic Surgery

An observational study of Breast Neoplasms and Germline BRCA1 Gene Mutation, run by Severance Hospital at 18 sites in South Korea.

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Trial summary

Robotic mastectomy and immediate reconstruction have been introduced in 2015. However, since robotic mastectomy is the latest surgical technique, there is a lack of studies prospectively comparing conventional mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with robotic mastectomy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 19 to 80 years, women only
What is being tested?
Robotic or endoscopic nipple sparing mastectomy and Conventional mastectomy (including nipple sparing mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy)
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
2,000 participants
Where
18 sitesSouth Korea
Study dates
8 Apr 2020to 7 Apr 2030
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 19 to 80 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy between 2020 and 2024 at Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Who may be able to join

  • Female patient between the ages of 19 and 80
  • Patients with breast cancer or high risk of breast cancer ( BRCA1/2 mutation, TP53 mutation, PALB2, etc.)
  • Patients scheduled for therapeutic or prophylactic mastectomy (including conventional mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy, areolar conserving mastectomy)
  • Patients who want immediate reconstruction during mastectomy
  • Those agreed in writing consent to participate study

Who cannot join

  • Patients scheduled for breast conserving mastectomy
  • Patients who do not want immediate reconstruction during mastectomy
  • Patients who planned for surgery on both sides in the different methods

Trial locations and contacts

18 sites in 1 country.

18 sites in 1 country

South Korea18 sites
  • Korea University Ansan Hospital

    Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, 15355

  • Kosin University Gospel Hospital

    Busan, Busan, 49267

  • Samsung Changwon Medical Center

    Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, 51353

  • Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital

    Daegu, Daegu, 41404

  • Myongji Hospital

    Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10475

  • The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon ST. Mary's Hospital

    Incheon, Incheon, 21431

  • Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital

    Sejong, Chungcheongnam-do, 30099

  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    Seoul, Seoul, 02841

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, Seoul, 03080

  • Soonchunhyang University Hospital

    Seoul, Seoul, 04401

  • Gangnam Severance Hospital

    Seoul, Seoul, 06273

  • Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center

    Seoul, Seoul, 07061

  • Korea University Guro Hospital

    Seoul, Seoul, 08308

  • Yonsei University College of Medicine

    Seoul, Seoul, 120-752

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, Seoul, 135-710

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, Seoul, 138-736

  • Wonju Severance Christian hospital

    Wŏnju, Gangwon-do, 26426

  • Yongin Severance Hospital

    Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16995

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: Prospective Cohort Study of Mastectomy With Reconstruction Including Robot Endoscopic Breast Surgery

Robotic mastectomy and immediate reconstruction have been introduced in 2015. However, since robotic mastectomy is the latest surgical technique, there is a lack of studies prospectively comparing conventional mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with robotic mastectomy. For this reason, this study is designed to establish a single institution cohort study that prospectively collects patients undergoing mastectomy and reconstruction. This study was initially designed as a single institution study, however, currently, the study was extended to the multicenter study including 18 institutions over the country. Using the established prospective cohort data, a comparative study of robotic mastectomy with conventional mastectomy and reconstruction, and cost-effectiveness and satisfaction of robotic endoscopic surgery, and cost-effectiveness and satisfaction of reconstructive surgery are to be analyzed.

Read the detailed description

This study is a multi-institution cohort study that prospectively collects patients undergoing mastectomy and reconstruction.

Patients' inclusion criteria is as below; adult women between the ages of 19 and 80, with breast cancer or high risk of breast cancer (patients with a BRCA1/2 mutation, TP53 mutation, PALB2 mutation, etc) scheduled for therapeutic or prophylactic mastectomy, and want immediate reconstruction.

Patients planned for breast-conserving surgery or who do not want immediate reconstruction will be excluded. Patients who planned for surgery on both sides in the different methods (e.g. right for RNSM and left for conventional open NSM) are also excluded. Meanwhile, cases with ipsilateral NSM and contralateral partial mastectomy or excision are included.

The goal number of enrolled patients is 2000.

Collecting data includes patients' clinicopathological factors including height, weight, etc. And also collecting surgical results, oncological results, cost-effectiveness, and satisfactions of patients to secure high-level data.

The satisfaction of patients using the Breast Q survey, basic characteristics like height, weight, etc, and patients' photos will be collected preoperatively.

Also, patients' data will be collected within 6 months after surgery including clinical-pathological factors, surgery results (drainage amount, removal date, complications), postoperative recovery evaluation, complications and adverse reactions, cost, etc.

Between 6 months and 1 year(Patients who have undergone skin sparing mastectomy can do within up to 3 years) after surgery, the results of surgery, recurrence, satisfaction survey, and postoperative photos will be collected.

Every 12 months thereafter, whether adjuvant therapy (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, endocrine therapy) was implemented, surgical results, and recurrence will be investigated and collected until the end of the study period.

An interim analysis will be done after completing the recruitment of subjects by the 4th year after the start of the study and collecting data. Complete the follow-up observation and data collection of the subjects recruited in the 5-9 years and the final analysis will be conducted.

Categorial variables will be examined by the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test.

Continuous variables will be examined by t-test or ANOVA, and M-W test or K-W test if needed.

Survival analysis will be examined by Kaplan-Meier plot and log-rank test.

Being tested
Robotic or endoscopic nipple sparing mastectomy, Conventional mastectomy (including nipple sparing mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy)
Keywords
minimal invasive procedure, robot assisted nipple sparing mastectomy, breast immediate reconstruction, breast neoplasms
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Cystic Fibrosis

What participants receive

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

  • Robotic or endoscopic nipple sparing mastectomyProcedure or surgery

    Also called Robot-assisted nipple sparing mastectomy, Robot mastectomy, Robotic mastectomy, Hybrid robotic nipple sparing mastectomy

    Cases or Patients who underwent robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction are enrolled in this arm. Robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy should be performed using robotic surgical systems. Robotic surgical systems include da Vinci S,Si, X, Xi, and SP systems. Axillary or lateral incisions are used for this procedure. Immediate reconstruction includes tissue expander insertion, direct-to-implant, latissimus dorsi flap, transverse abdominis rectus muscle flap, or deep inferior epigastric perforators flap. Cases with robotic mastectomy without immediate reconstruction are excluded.

  • Conventional mastectomy (including nipple sparing mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy)Procedure or surgery

    Also called Total mastectomy, Mastectomy, Nipple-sparing mastectomy, Skin sparing mastectomy

    Cases or Patients who underwent conventional mastectomy and immediate reconstruction are enrolled in this arm. Conventional mastectomy should not be performed using robotic or endoscopic surgical systems. Any incisions can be performed for this procedure. Conventional mastectomy includes also Nipple-sparing mastectomy and Skin sparing mastectomy. Immediate reconstruction includes tissue expander insertion, direct-to-implant, latissimus dorsi flap, transverse abdominis rectus muscle flap, or deep inferior epigastric perforators flap. Cases without immediate reconstruction are excluded.

What is being measured

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

  1. Postoperative complication rates in 30 days

    Postoperative complication rates are calculated as total number of postoperative complication cases per total operation cases.

    Measured: Postoperative 30 days

  2. Clavien-Dindo grade of postoperative complications

    Clavien-Dindo grade of postoperative complications is evaluated. The highest grade of postoperative complications are used for the analysis.

    Measured: Postoperative 180 days

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Recurrence free survival (RFS)

    Events of RFS includes locoregional recurrence, distant recurrence, and death. Contralateral breast cancer and second primary malignancy are considered to be censored data.

    Measured: Postoperative 5 years

  2. Cancer incidence rate

    cancer incidence rate for those underwent prophylactic mastectomy

    Measured: Postoperative 5 years

  3. Patient's satisfaction (about reconstruction expectations)

    Reconstruction Expectations of Preoperative Short Form. In all scales, higher scores reflect a better outcome.

    Measured: within preoperative 4 weeks to operation and within postoperative 6 month to 12 month.(Patients who have undergone skin sparing mastectomy can do within up to 3 years)

  4. Patient's satisfaction (about reconstruction results)

    1. Mastectomy Module Pre-and Postoperative Scales Satisfaction with Breasts as assessed by BREAST-Q version 2.0. Higher scores reflect a better outcome.
    2. Reconstruction Module Pre-and Postoperative Scales Satisfaction with abdomen as assessed by BREAST-Q version 2.0 (This scale should only be completed by the patient who has had reconstruction using a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap(TRAM flap) or deep inferior epigastric perforators flap(DIEP flap). Otherwise, skip it.) Satisfaction with Back as assessed by BREAST-Q version 2.0 (This scale should only be completed by the patient who has had reconstruction using a latissimus dorsi flap. Otherwise, skip it.) Satisfaction with Implants as assessed by BREAST-Q version 2.0 (This scale should only be completed by the patient who has had reconstruction using implants. Otherwise, skip it.) In all scales, higher scores reflect a better outcome.

    Measured: within preoperative 4 weeks to operation and within postoperative 6 month to 12 month.(Patients who have undergone skin sparing mastectomy can do within up to 3 years)

  5. Surgeon's satisfaction

    Satisfaction of Surgery assessed by (Plastic)Surgeon(s) Items(1), Response Options(Overall symmetry, postoperative scar, nipple areolar complex symmetry, etc), Range(0-10) The higher scores are, the better an outcome is.

    Measured: Postoperative 6 month to 12 month(Patients who have undergone skin sparing mastectomy can do within up to 3 years

  6. Cost-effectiveness

    Cost-effectiveness evaluation according to the surgical method, by conducting a questionnaire survey on the subject 6 months to 1 year(Patients who have undergone skin sparing mastectomy up to 3 years) after the last surgery. Evaluation follows the EuroQol five-dimension scale(EQ5D, EQ5D-5L) Korean version questionnaire. In all scales, higher scores reflect a better outcome.

    Measured: Postoperative 6 month to 1 year(Patients who have undergone skin sparing mastectomy can do within up to 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted14 Oct 2020
  2. Study start8 Apr 2020
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completion7 Apr 2030 (estimated)

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
2,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04585074
Sponsor's protocol ID
4-2020-0165
Acronym
MARRES
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
18 Sep 2020
Last updated
15 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Ryu JM, Lee J, Lee J, Ko B, Kim JH, Shin H, Park HS; Korea Robot-endoscopy Minimal Access Breast Surgery Study Group (KoREa-BSG). Mastectomy with Reconstruction Including Robotic Endoscopic Surgery (MARRES): a prospective cohort study of the Korea Robot-Endoscopy Minimal Access Breast Surgery Study Group (KoREa-BSG) and Korean Breast Cancer Study Group (KBCSG). BMC Cancer. 2023 Jun 21;23(1):571. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10978-0.

    PubMed 37344780

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Breast Neoplasms and Germline BRCA1 Gene Mutation, run by Severance Hospital at 18 sites in South Korea.

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 5 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 18 sites in South Korea. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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?

Postoperative complication rates in 30 days (time frame: Postoperative 30 days). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT04585074, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 15 May 2025.

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