Status:
TERMINATED
Feasibility Study of Evaluating Breast Cancer Patients With Ductal Lavage
Lead Sponsor:
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
The primary purpose of this research is to analyze the cells present in the fluid obtained via ductal lavage from the nipple of a woman with a known diagnosis of breast cancer. A portion of the lavage...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age
- biopsy-proven unilateral invasive breast cancer of any histology or ductal carcinoma in situ
- patient desires or requires treatment with mastectomy
- any patient who has undergone prior excisional biopsy of their primary breast tumor must have had margins positive for disease, or must have either mammographic or ultrasonographic evidence of probable residual disease in the breast.
- patients receiving induction chemotherapy remain eligible for participation in the study regardless of tumor response; those with a clinical complete response remain eligible.
- voluntarily signed informed consent. -
Exclusion
- male gender
- lobular carcinoma in situ as the only cancerous histology
- prior margin-negative excisional biopsy of primary breast tumor, with no evidence of residual disease
- patient being treated with breast conservation therapy inability to understand the nature of the procedure pregnancy and/or active lactation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2003
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
88 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00156260
Start Date
January 1 2003
End Date
October 1 2008
Last Update
October 8 2008
Active Locations (1)
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University of Michigan Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109