Status:

TERMINATED

Feasibility Study of Evaluating Breast Cancer Patients With Ductal Lavage

Lead Sponsor:

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Brief Summary

The primary purpose of this research is to analyze the cells present in the fluid obtained via ductal lavage from the nipple of a woman with a known diagnosis of breast cancer. A portion of the lavage...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 years of age
  • biopsy-proven unilateral invasive breast cancer of any histology or ductal carcinoma in situ
  • patient desires or requires treatment with mastectomy
  • any patient who has undergone prior excisional biopsy of their primary breast tumor must have had margins positive for disease, or must have either mammographic or ultrasonographic evidence of probable residual disease in the breast.
  • patients receiving induction chemotherapy remain eligible for participation in the study regardless of tumor response; those with a clinical complete response remain eligible.
  • voluntarily signed informed consent. -

Exclusion

  • male gender
  • lobular carcinoma in situ as the only cancerous histology
  • prior margin-negative excisional biopsy of primary breast tumor, with no evidence of residual disease
  • patient being treated with breast conservation therapy inability to understand the nature of the procedure pregnancy and/or active lactation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2003

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

88 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00156260

Start Date

January 1 2003

End Date

October 1 2008

Last Update

October 8 2008

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University of Michigan Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109