Status:

COMPLETED

Delayed-Delayed Breast Reconstruction

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if delayed-delayed breast reconstruction in women who require post-mastectomy radiation therapy will improve cosmetic outcomes and result in fewer ...

Detailed Description

Study Visits and Surgeries: You will be hospitalized 2-4 times for 1-5 days depending on your condition. If you agree to take part in this study, you will be scheduled for a skin-sparing mastectomy. ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with invasive breast carcinoma that are scheduled for a mastectomy with planned postmastectomy XRT. This includes, but is not limited to, clinical stage II, III, and IV.
  • Patient must desire breast reconstruction.
  • Patients must sign the informed consent form and must be deemed by operative surgeon not to have medical contraindications for delayed-delayed approach.
  • Patients must be 18 years of age or older.

Exclusion

  • Patients in whom it is not known preoperatively to need postmastectomy radiation therapy.
  • Patients with inflammatory breast cancer.
  • Patients in whom the breast skin can not be spared because of involvement with breast cancer.
  • Any patient deemed by the radiation oncologist during preoperative consultation to be an inappropriate patient for this protocol.
  • Patients that can not commit to receiving postmastectomy radiation treatment in addition to breast reconstructive procedures at MD Anderson Cancer Center or satellite affiliates.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01256528

Start Date

December 1 2010

End Date

September 1 2015

Last Update

July 15 2016

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030