Study of Ductal Lavage in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Collecting samples of fluid using ductal lavage and nipple aspiration from participants at high risk for breast cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is using ductal lavage to collect fluid from women at high risk for breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00429988
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
30
Starts
2002-08-01
Expected to finish
2004-06-01
Last updated by the study team
2012-09-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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