Academic-Industrial Partnership for Translation of Acoustic Angiography

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Signs and Symptoms

In brief

Purpose: The primary objective of this single arm study is to compare the sensitivity and specificity of acoustic angiography with traditional b-mode ultrasound in the distinction of malignant versus benign breast lesions. Secondary objectives include a comparison of area under the curve (AUC) for acoustic angiography versus b-mode ultrasound, and comparison of radiologist preference for the two imaging techniques for each of 3 lesion characteristics. Participants: Sixty patients who are to have a clinical surgical breast biopsy based on results from pre-study standard of care (SOC) imaging will be recruited from the UNC Breast Clinic for participation in the study. Procedures (methods): This is a one arm single center study of patients with suspicious breast lesions (BIRADS 4 or 5) from the UNC Breast Clinic that consent to undergo an acoustic angiography in conjunction with b-mode ultrasound prior to their scheduled biopsy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03544268

Run by

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

20

Starts

2019-03-25

Expected to finish

2021-05-25

Last updated by the study team

2022-04-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Subject must meet all of the inclusion criteria to participate in this study:
• Women ≥18 years old
• Patient had a diagnostic breast ultrasound study performed at UNC
• Scheduled for a core needle or surgical breast biopsy of at least one breast lesion that is 2 cm or less in size and 3 cm in depth from the skin surface
• Lesion visualized on ultrasound
• Able to provide informed consent
• Negative urine pregnancy test in women of child-bearing potential
• Exclusion Criteria All subjects meeting any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation
• Male (it is uncommon for men to present for imaging and the overwhelming majority of findings are non-cancerous and do not lead to biopsy; male breast cancer represents <1% of newly diagnosed breast cancer)
• Institutionalized subject (prisoner or nursing home patient)
• Critically ill or medically unstable and whose critical course during the observation period would be unpredictable (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Sonographically visible breast lesion larger than 2cm or greater than 3cm in depth from the skin surface
• Known hypersensitivity to sulfur hexafluoride or to any component of perflutren lipid (Definity®)
• Active cardiac disease including any of the following:
• Severe congestive heart failure (class IV in accordance with the classification of the New York Heart Association)
• Unstable angina.
• Severe arrhythmia (i.e. ventricular tachycardia, flutter fibrillation; ventricular premature complexes occurring close to the preceding T-wave, multifocal complexes).
• Myocardial infarction within 14 days prior to the date of proposed Definity® administration.
• Uncontrolled systemic hypertension (systolic blood pressure (BP) >150 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP >90 mm Hg despite optimal medical management).
• Any woman who is pregnant or has reason to believe she is pregnant or any woman who is lactating (the possibility of pregnancy has to be excluded by negative urine β-HCG results, obtained within 24 hours before the perflutren lipid administration, or on the basis of patient history as defined by the UNC IRB SOP 4801 for child bearing potential)
• Healthy Volunteers for Image Optimization
• In addition to these clinical patients, 15 participants will be recruited to aid in optimizing the imaging parameters. These subjects must be willing to participate and able to provide written informed consent. However, these participants do not need to present any of the clinical indications as given for patients.

Where it is running

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

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