Sonographic Visibility of Breast Biopsy Marker Clips Up to 4 Weeks After Placement

Completed

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine how long collagen based marker clips remain visible by ultrasound after placement in suspicious breast lesions and if collagen based marker clips can be reliably identified in the operating room and serve as effective guidance for surgical removal of high risk or malignant breast lesions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00548392

Run by

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

People needed

25

Starts

2007-05-01

Expected to finish

2008-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-12-31

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients with suspicious breast lesions that have undergone biopsy and marker clip placement within 28 days (4 weeks) of pre-operative consultation visit.
• Patients or their legal representative must be able to provide written informed consent.
• Patients must be over 18 years old.

You may not qualify if…

• Under the age of 18 years
• Unable to give written informed consent
• Patients will be excluded if the clip was placed more than 4 weeks prior to their pre-operative appointment or wire-localization.

Where it is running

• Seattle Cancer Care Alliance — Seattle, Washington, United States

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