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Breast Margin Study: Routine Cavity Shave Margins Vs. Selective Margins Using Savi Scout®

Breast Margin Study: Routine Cavity Shave Margins Vs. Selective Margins Using Savi Scout®

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05825482
Enrollment
32
Registered
2023-04-24
Start date
2023-07-17
Completion date
2026-12-01
Last updated
2026-09-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Breast Cancer, Savi Scout, Shave margin, Selective margin, Breast-Q

Brief summary

This is a prospective study comparing partial mastectomy performed with routine cavity shave margins and Savi Scout® localization to partial mastectomy performed with selective margins and Savi Scout® localization. The primary objective is to determine the difference in positive margin rate between the two methods. The secondary objectives are to determine the differences in the rate of re-excision, volume of tissue extracted and Breast-Q® score between the two methods. It is hypothesized that the Savi Scout® will allow for decreased volume of tissue excised when compared to routine cavity shave margins without any difference in positive margin rate or rate of re-excision.

Detailed description

Over a period of 24 months, this study will recruit 204 women 18 years and older with stage I-II breast cancer or stage 0 DCIS that have been diagnosed by core needle biopsy and are planning to receive breast conserving surgery. After obtaining consent, the patient will be asked to complete the Breast-Q® questionnaire which should take about 10-15 minutes for the patient to complete. The patient will then be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to: Arm 1: Partial mastectomy with Savi Scout® localization and routine cavity shave margins Arm 2: Partial mastectomy with Savi Scout® localization and selective shave margins. Arm 1 and 2 patients will undergo preoperative Savi Scout® reflector placement under image guidance per routine care. The surgeons will be instructed to perform a partial mastectomy with routine cavity shave margins using Savi Scout® or partial mastectomy with selective margins using Savi Scout®. The lesion will be removed in the routine fashion. For patients in arm 1, the surgeons will use the Savi Scout® to perform routine cavity shave margins by extracting superior, lateral, inferior, medial, anterior, and posterior margins. For patients in arm 2, the Savi Scout® localizer will be utilized to determine selective shave margins by examining the same margins on the excised tissue specimen. The surgeon will obtain selective margins if the margin of the tissue specimen is within 1mm of invasive cancer and 2mm within DCIS. All surgeons participating in the study will undergo an educational session to ensure consistency. Tissue specimens will be processed per hospital policy and sectioned for gross evaluation. Tissue specimens will be assessed by the pathologists at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. This simulates typical pathology review. Positive margin rate is a categorical variable and will be reviewed by pathology board certified physicians and thus should have minimal interpersonal variation. At the postoperative visit, the patient will be asked to complete another Breast-Q® questionnaire.

Interventions

PROCEDUREArm 1 Partial mastectomy with Savi Scout® localization and shave margins.

Patients will undergo preoperative Savi Scout® reflector placement under image guidance per routine care. Patients will undergo randomization. With Arm 1 randomization, the surgeons will be instructed to perform a partial mastectomy with routine cavity shave margins using Savi Scout® localization. The lesion will be removed in the routine fashion. The surgeons will use the Savi Scout® to perform routine cavity shave margins by extracting superior, lateral, inferior, medial, anterior, and posterior margins.

PROCEDUREArm 2 Partial mastectomy with Savi Scout® localization and selective shave margins.

Patients will undergo preoperative Savi Scout® reflector placement under image guidance per routine care. Patients will undergo randomization. With Arm 2 randomization, the surgeons will be instructed to perform a partial mastectomy with selective margins shave margins using Savi Scout®. The lesion will be removed in the routine fashion. The Savi Scout® localizer will be utilized to determine selective shave margins by examining the same margins on the excised tissue specimen. The surgeon will obtain selective margins if the margin of the tissue specimen is within 1mm of invasive cancer and 2mm within DCIS.

Sponsors

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Women 18 years and older, and * With Clinical stage I-II invasive breast cancer, or Stage 0 DCIS, and * That have been diagnosed by means of core needle biopsy appropriate for breast conserving therapy, and * Present to Cleveland Clinic Akron General. * Subjects must have pathologically confirmed breast carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ. * Performance status: ECOG 0-1 * Subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Patients may have received or may be receiving endocrine therapy.

Exclusion criteria

* Men * Pregnant women * Patients who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy for current cancer diagnosis. * Patients with current diagnosis of synchronous bilateral breast cancer. (A diagnosis of breast cancer at least one year prior to current cancer diagnosis is acceptable.) * Patients \< 18 years of age.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Determine the difference in positive margin rate between the two methods.24 monthsThe primary objective is to determine the difference in positive margin rate between the two methods.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Difference in the rate of re-excision between the two methods.24 monthsDetermine the difference in the rate of re-excision between the two methods.
Difference in the volume of tissue extracted between the two methods.24 monthsDetermine the difference in the volume of tissue extracted between the two methods.
Difference in the BREAST-Q® Version 2.0 Breast Conserving Therapy Module Pre- and Postoperative Scales24 monthsDetermine the difference in the Breast-Q® scores between the two methods. Scores range from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). Higher scores reflect a better outcome.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAndrew Fenton, M.D.

Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 16, 2026