Status:

RECRUITING

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Medical Imaging for Identifying Breast Masses

Lead Sponsor:

University of Southern California

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Carcinoma

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This clinical trial investigates the role of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in identifying cystic breast masses as benign or malignant. Ultrasound is a diagnostic imaging test that uses sound wav...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine and compare the distribution of CEUS parameters in breast masses that were evaluated as Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) 4a, 4b, 4c or 5 by convent...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Newly diagnosed breast masses assigned as BIRADS 4a, 4b, 4c or 5 by conventional US and recommended for ultrasound guided biopsy
  • Age \>= 18 years
  • Female

Exclusion

  • Contraindications to microbubble contrast: Patients who have a known pulmonary hypertension and any known hypersensitivity to US contrast agent
  • Women with renal failure or insufficiency (only if patient is receiving CESM scan)
  • Women with Iodine contrast allergy (only if patient is receiving CESM scan)
  • Women with the largest side of the mass measuring ≤ 1 cm (only if patient is receiving CEUS scan)
  • Women who are pregnant, possibly pregnant, or lactating
  • Women currently undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • Women \< 18 years of age
  • Patient ≤ 30 years (only if patient is receiving CESM scan)
  • Masses in the same breast that had prior lumpectomy for cancer
  • Women with cancer in the same breast will be excluded however, women with cancer in the contralateral breast will be eligible to participate in the study
  • Women with an allergy to perflutren (only if patient is receiving CEUS scan)
  • Prior history of biopsy for that specific lesion
  • Women with breast implants

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 5 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 5 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06171607

Start Date

November 5 2020

End Date

November 5 2027

Last Update

July 30 2025

Active Locations (2)

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Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033

2

USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033