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Volumetric Specimen Imager Device for the Intraoperative Imaging of Patients With Breast Carcinoma and Breast Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, The VIVID Study

Volumetric Lumpectomy Specimen Image Visualization for Intraoperatively Directing Cavity Shaves, a Phase II Study (VIVID)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05545150
Enrollment
113
Registered
2022-09-19
Start date
2022-11-28
Completion date
2025-03-20
Last updated
2026-08-19

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Conditions

Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Bilateral Breast Carcinoma, Breast Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Multicentric Breast Carcinoma, Prognostic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Brief summary

This clinical trial assesses if the use of a three-dimensional imaging device called the Clarix Imaging Volumetric Specimen Imager (VSI) can help guide and assist surgeons in identifying and removing all positive margins while in the operating room (intraoperative imaging) for patients with breast cancer and breast ductal carcinoma in situ. Breast conservation surgery or lumpectomy is a standard of care (routine) procedure that removes the tumor and a rim of surrounding normal tissue (margins) while leaving as much normal breast tissue as possible. A margin that does not contain tumor cells is called a negative margin and tells the surgeon that the primary tumor has been removed. A positive margin contains tumor cells at or near the edge of the tissue removed. As part of standard of care, surgeons take two-dimensional x-ray images of the tissue that has been removed in the operating room to assess if there is any additional tissue that should be shaved (removed) to get a negative margin. After the surgery is over, the tissue is examined once again by a pathologist in a laboratory to determine if there are any small pieces of tumor left in the margin that were not visible during surgery. If residual tumor is detected in the margin, a reoperation may be required to remove additional tissue until the tumor has been completely removed from the margin. Diagnostic procedures, such as intraoperative volumetric specimen imaging may reduce the rate of reoperation of for patients who previously underwent lumpectomy.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine if intraoperative use of the volumetric specimen imager (VSI) device during breast conservation surgery in women with invasive breast cancer and/or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) allows surgeons to accurately identify margin status, such that =\<10% of patients have positive margins on final surgical pathology of the main specimen that were unidentified by VSI image interpretation for excision. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To calculate the sensitivity and specificity of VSI-directed shaves compared to the lumpectomy specimen pathology, when VSI device imaging is used intraoperatively to identify close tumor margins for directed cavity shaving in women with invasive breast cancer and/or DCIS who are undergoing breast conservation surgery. II. To calculate the length of time spent acquiring images with the VSI device, at the time of breast conservation surgery in women with invasive breast cancer and/or DCIS. III. To calculate the volume of tissue excised in the main lumpectomy specimen and the volume of tissue excised in VSI-directed cavity shaves, when excising tumor margins at the time of breast conservation surgery in women with invasive breast cancer and/or DCIS. OTHER PRE-SPECIFIED OBJECTIVES: I. To compare the estimated final positive margin rate for lumpectomy with VSI-directed cavity shaving to the historical final positive margin rate for lumpectomy with standard of care margin assessment, wherein 'positive margin' is defined per published guidelines. II. To compare the estimated final positive margin rate for lumpectomy with VSI-directed cavity shaving to the historical final positive margin rate for lumpectomy with standard of care margin assessment, wherein 'positive margin' is defined per institutional practice. III. To compare the estimated reoperation rate for patients undergoing lumpectomy with VSI-directed cavity shaving to the historical reoperation rate for patients who previously underwent lumpectomy with standard of care margin assessment. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE: I. To retrospectively evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of interpretation of shave margin VSI images to determine the feasibility of imaging shaved margins with VSI to further direct cavity shaves. OUTLINE: Patients undergo breast conservation surgery (lumpectomy or partial mastectomy) per standard care, and VSI intraoperative imaging is captured on the day of surgery. After completion of study, patients are followed up for 2 months.

Interventions

Clarix Imaging Volumetric Specimen Imager

Per standard of care (SOC)

Sponsors

Northwestern University
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH

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

* Women with invasive breast cancer and/or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who will be undergoing breast conservation surgery, consisting of a lumpectomy or partial mastectomy procedure * Patients must be planning and able to undergo breast conservation surgery with planned localization (any localization device is eligible) and intraoperative imaging for the management of invasive breast cancer and/or DCIS. * Patients must have histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or invasive breast cancer with a DCIS component. * The invasive breast cancer and/or DCIS lesion must have been visualized on mammography/ digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), ultrasound (US), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). * Note: Patients with mammographically occult lesions are eligible, provided the lesion can be visualized using MRI or US. * Patients must be women who are \>= 18 years of age. * NOTE: Males and children under the age of 18 are not included in this study because the treatment paradigms for these groups are aggressive and routinely include mastectomy, whereas the present study is an investigation of breast conservation. * The patient (or the patient's legally authorized representative if the patient has impaired decision-making capacity) must have the ability to understand and provide voluntary written informed consent to participate in this study, prior to registration. * Patients who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer are eligible * Patients with bilateral breast cancer and/or multicentric disease are eligible. * Note: For these patients, the VSI device will only be used on a single lesion * Subjects with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational intervention for this trial are eligible.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients undergoing re-excision for invasive breast cancer or DCIS are not eligible * Patients who are expected to have an excised lumpectomy specimen that is larger than 9 cm x 9 cm x 7 cm are not eligible * Note: The specimen size limitation for the VSI device is 9 cm x 9 cm x 7 cm (length x width x height). * Patients must not have a physical or psychiatric illness, condition, or social circumstance that the investigator feels would interfere with study compliance or would compromise the patient's safety or study endpoints.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Positive MarginsIntraoperativeThe primary endpoint of main specimen positive margins identified by volumetric specimen imager (VSI) interpretation and excised intraoperatively is defined as the percentage of patients with at least one main specimen positive margin that was not excised intraoperatively by a VSI-directed shave. A positive margin is defined as ink on tumor (1 or more tumor cells touching the edge of the lumpectomy specimen) for invasive breast cancer and for invasive breast cancer with a ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) component; ink within 2 mm of the edge of the lumpectomy specimen for DCIS, and ink within 2 mm of the lumpectomy specimen for DCIS with microinvasion.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
SensitivityPost-operative, up to 2 months after breast conservation surgeryThe secondary endpoint of sensitivity of VSI-directed shaves will be determined using data from the surgical pathology report. Sensitivity will be calculated as the percentage of margins with pathologically identified tumor within a range of thresholds from 0-2 mm from the specimen edge directed for shaving by VSI interpretation.
SpecificityPost-operative, up to 2 months after breast conservation surgeryThe secondary endpoint of specificity of VSI-directed shaves will be determined using data from the surgical pathology report. Specificity will be calculated as the percentage of margins with pathologically identified tumor above a range of thresholds from 0-2 mm from the specimen edge not directed for shaving by VSI interpretation.
Length of TimeIntraoperativeLength of time spent acquiring images with the VSI device is defined as the intraoperative time elapsed from the time when VSI imaging is started (i.e., capture of first image frame) to the time when VSI image reconstruction is completed (i.e., three-dimensional \[3D\] reconstruction image ready for viewing), as reported in the VSI device log file.
Volume of Tissue ExcisedPost-operative, up to 2 months after breast conservation surgeryThe volume of tissue excised, including the main specimen and the VSI-directed shave margins.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSwati A Kulkarni, MD

Northwestern University

Participant flow

Recruitment details

All patients from four academic institutions signed a written consent prior to participation in the study. Eligibility criteria for the prospective trial included women undergoing BCS with planned localization and intraoperative imaging for the management of invasive breast cancer (IBC) and/or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS.) Exclusion criteria included patients undergoing re-excision and those patients with tumors exceeding the size of the specimen container.

Pre-assignment details

A total of 113 participants were enrolled into the study. For 13 of these, VSI was not used during surgery due to scheduling challenges. A total of 100 participants underwent the complete study protocol and had observed outcomes.

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Continuous62 Years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
4 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
91 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
5 Participants
Histological diagnosis
DCIS with or without microinvasion
20 Participants
Histological diagnosis
IDC with a DCIS component
13 Participants
Histological diagnosis
Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)
53 Participants
Histological diagnosis
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) with or without ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) component
5 Participants
Histological diagnosis
Mixed IDC and ILC
9 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
11 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
81 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
100 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 100
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 100
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 100

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 20, 2026