Feasibility Study of Vessel Analysis for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Malignancy in Breast Tumors

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

This is a pilot study designed to explore the feasibility of non-invasively diagnosing the presence of cancer in the breast using non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods and an analysis of vessel shape defined from these magnetic resonance images.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00630292

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

6

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-05-18

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• adult women (age >= 18),
• with Histologically documented newly diagnosed stage II-IV invasive breast cancer appropriate for neoadjuvant (preoperative) systemic therapy.
• ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2 at the initiation of the study.

You may not qualify if…

• pregnant women
• women with contralateral mastectomies
• known bilateral tumors
• subjects prone to claustrophobia
• contraindicated to have MRI
• mentally impaired
• not fluent in english

Where it is running

• UNC Hospitals — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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