Pilot Study Assessing Breast Temperature in Breast Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Breast Reconstruction

In brief

Our investigators plan to measure the skin on the breast six months after breast reconstruction. The non-reconstructed breast will be used as the control for subject with unilateral reconstruction only. For those who have BILATERAL reconstruction, a core temperature will be obtained from the ear.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03376035

Run by

Duke University

People needed

52

Starts

2017-12-05

Expected to finish

2019-01-07

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-08

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For post-reconstruction patients: all patients who have undergone mastectomy and breast reconstruction at Duke and are seen in clinic no sooner than 3 months after reconstruction and no more than 5 years after reconstruction.

You may not qualify if…

• Metastatic malignancy of any kind.
• Subjects with a history of breast implant augmentation prior to mastectomy and reconstruction.
• Subjects who cannot give an informed consent.

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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