Clinical Feasibility Study of Upright, Low-dose, High-resolution, 3D Breast CT (UBCT).
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Low dose, upright, dedicated breast CT.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Breast Cancer Detection. Basic parameters: from 40 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The investigators are doing this study to find out if a new kind of breast imaging (called upright dedicated breast CT or UBCT) can help doctors to see the small structures in breast tissue more clearly in 3-D and without overlap. The breast imaging device that will be used in this study (UBCT) is not FDA-approved, so this is a research study. The machine has been designed to remove mammography-like breast compression and use radiation dose comparable to mammography. The breast CT device will take multiple x-ray pictures of the subjects breast in approximately 20 seconds and create a 3-D image of the breast. It does not compress or squish the breast like a mammogram.
Interventions
- Device Low dose, upright, dedicated breast CT
This study investigates the feasibility of an upright, dedicated breast CT (UBCT) for breast cancer detection.
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility of UBCT [Time frame: From enrollment to end of study in approximately 6 months.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
For the screening cohort, the inclusion criteria are, women:
- (1) who were 40 years of age or older (typical screening age range), and,
- (2) who were asymptomatic, and,
- (3) who underwent or scheduled to undergo a standard-of-care 2-view bilateral digital breast tomosynthesis screening exam.
For the diagnostic cohort, the inclusion criteria are, women:
- (1) who were 40 years of age or older, and,
- (2) who underwent a standard-of-care 2-view bilateral digital breast tomosynthesis exam, and,
- (3) who were assigned BI-RADS category 4 or 5 after diagnostic work-up and are scheduled for biopsy.
Exclusion criteria
- Males
- Women less than 40 years old
- pregnant or lactating women
- women with physical limitations (e.g., kyphosis) that may prohibit UBCT exam
- women who have received radiation treatments to the thorax
- women who have participated in a prior breast clinical trial that gave additional radiation dose
- women who have received large numbers of diagnostic x-ray examinations for monitoring of disease such as tuberculosis, and severe scoliosis.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Diagnostic
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07705100 · 1904498647 · R01CA241709 · IRG 18-161-40