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Augmented Reality Feasibility for Non-invasive Preoperative Tracking in Breast Cancer Surgery

Augmented Reality Feasibility for Non-invasive Preoperative Tracking in Breast Cancer Surgery

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06512558
Acronym
AR-GBS
Enrollment
20
Registered
2024-07-22
Start date
2024-11-14
Completion date
2027-12-01
Last updated
2025-12-31

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Conditions

Subclinical Breast Cancer Lesion

Brief summary

Breast cancer is diagnosed by imaging at a non-palpable stage in more than half of all cases. Surgical removal requires preoperative guidance. Generally, preoperative guidance is performed using a metal guide under local anaesthetic and radiological control. This type of guidance has several limitations. For the patient, it can be painful and traumatic. The procedure involves two departments: radiology and the operating theatre, which poses logistical constraints. What's more, between 10% and 40% of patients require repeat surgery for unhealthy margins, raising the question of the effectiveness of the tracking procedure. The investigators propose to develop a non-invasive intraoperative guidance system: Augmented Reality, which will provide a 3D vision with virtual transparency of the breast during surgery, thanks to real-time fusion of preoperative imaging with video from a camera located in the operating room. The process is illustrated below. Illustration of the general principle of the augmented reality system for locating non-palpable breast lesions. The images above represent a preliminary test carried out on the computer outside the operating room. This is an initial research prototype which has not yet been validated and is not suitable for routine use.

Interventions

PROCEDUREAdditional MRI with gadolinium injection and 3D camera imaging

The study includes an additional MRI with gadolinium injection, performed in addition to standard practice. In addition, 3D camera images will be acquired at the time of surgery.

Sponsors

Centre Jean Perrin
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Major women * Requiring conservative surgical management of a subclinical cancerous breast lesion (not palpable), the histology of which has been previously proven by anatomopathology; * Having a breast MRI indication at the time of the breast assessment performed at the Centre Jean Perrin * Ability to give informed consent to participate in the study, * Membership of a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with breast neoplasia during pregnancy; * Persons deprived of their liberty or under guardianship or incapable of giving consent; * Refusal to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Feasibility of the study1 yearThe feasibility of the study will be considered to have been achieved if the investigators obtain at least 4 successes among the 5 patients who benefited from the augmented reality procedure pre- and intraoperatively. Success is defined at both preoperative and intraoperative levels. Success in the preoperative phase is defined by: visibility of registration landmarks (clavicle, sternal fork, sternum, xyphoid process and areolar-nipple plate). Success in the intraoperative phase is defined by: non-prolongation of anesthesia time due to the study procedure.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time measurement of the study procedure1 yearMeasurement of the time required to complete the various stages of the study procedure and surgery : device set-up, marking of registration marks on the patient's bust with a dermographic pencil, 3D acquisition of the patient's bust using a 3D camera, duration of the procedure, anesthesia time.
Creating a phantom1 yearSuccess of creating a phantom is deemed to have been achieved if the breast Phantom including all clinical features
Assessment of the feasibility of images fusion1 yearAssessment of the feasibility of fusing supine 3D breast MRI images and post-MRI ultrasound (second look) with target lesion detection.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactCéleste PINARD
Celeste.PINARD@clermont.unicancer.fr0473278005
Backup ContactDr Sabrina MADAD-ZADEH
0473278005

Outcome results

None listed

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