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Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography With Digital Breast Tomosynthesis For Patients With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Emerging Tools in the Detection of Breast Cancer: Comparison of Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography With Digital Breast Tomosynthesis to Conventional Imaging Techniques Including Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 2D Mammography With or Without Targeted Ultrasound

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03176979
Enrollment
43
Registered
2017-06-06
Start date
2017-04-21
Completion date
2021-07-08
Last updated
2021-11-18

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Conditions

Breast Carcinoma

Brief summary

This pilot clinical trial studies how well contrast enhanced spectral mammography works with digital breast tomosynthesis in imaging patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer. Contrast enhanced spectral mammography uses a special dye that is injected into the veins before mammogram images are taken. Digital breast tomosynthesis uses multiple x-ray pictures to produce a 3-dimensional rendering of the entire breast. Contrast enhanced spectral mammography with digital breast tomosynthesis may highlight areas of concern within the breast in more detail than a standard mammogram and improve the accuracy of tumor size.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To compare the index lesion size (the largest diameter) from each of the four readings (standard of care 2 dimensional \[D\], magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\], contrast enhanced spectral mammography \[CESM\], 3D) to gold standard index lesion size from surgical pathology (the largest diameter). II. To document the additional ipsilateral and contralateral breast cancer lesions detected by the MRI, CESM, and 3D readings listed above. OUTLINE: Patients undergo a clinical breast examination and a diagnostic mammogram with or without targeted breast ultrasound to the index cancer as part of their standard of care preoperative work-up. As part of the research study, patients receive contrast agent intravenously (IV) and then undergo a CESM with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) over 30 minutes. Patients also receive a contrast agent, gadolinium, IV and undergo bilateral breast contrast enhanced (CE)-MRI over 10 minutes. After completion of study, patients are followed up within 24-96 hours.

Interventions

Given IV

Undergo CESM with DBT

PROCEDUREDual-Energy Contrast-Enhanced Digital Spectral Mammography

Undergo CESM with DBT

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
University of Southern California
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

Exclusion criteria

* Women with history of surgical, medical, or radiation therapy for breast cancer * Women with renal failure or insufficiency * Women with iodine contrast allergy * Women with gadolinium contrast allergy * Women who are pregnant, possibly pregnant, or lactating * Women undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Index lesion size using the largest diameterBaselineIntra-class correlation will be used to assess the agreement of index lesion size from each imaging reading to the gold standard (histopathology at surgery). Bland-Altman plot will be used to illustrate the pattern of difference between each reading and the gold standard.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026