Studying Blood and Tumor Tissue Samples in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer, Ductal or Lobular Carcinoma in Situ, or Benign Breast Disease

June 23, 2025 updated by: City of Hope Medical Center

Blood Tumor Markers for Molecular Diagnosis of Breast Diseases and Monitoring of Breast Cancer Treatment and Follow-up

RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying blood and tumor tissue samples in women with invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ, or benign breast disease.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To establish a specimen bank from peripheral blood specimens collected from women with a full spectrum of breast disease (invasive breast cancer [IBC], ductal or lobular carcinoma in situ [CIS], or benign breast disease [BBD]) with standardized clinical follow up and serial specimen collection for those with IBC.
  • To determine the ability of quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) to discriminate between patients with IBC, CIS, and BBD by comparing baseline assay values from pre-biopsy specimens to the histologic diagnosis.
  • To determine the ability of qRT-PCR to predict treatment response by comparing serial assay values from patients with evaluable IBC to their objective response.
  • To determine the ability of qRT-PCR to predict relapse by comparing the serial assay values from all patients with IBC to their disease status.
  • To determine the ability of qRT-PCR to perform as an independent prognostic factor by comparing baseline assay values from all patients with IBC to their disease status, stratified by known breast cancer prognostic factors.

Secondary

  • To perform exploratory studies identifying potential targets for novel nucleic acid and proteomic-based early detection assays.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo baseline peripheral blood specimen collection pre-biopsy and then periodically for up to 10 years. Specimens are analyzed for circulating tumor cells via quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR, immunofluorescence, and bidirectional pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization allele-specific amplification; and for protein profiles via mass spectometry, liquid chromatography, enzyme digestion, and tandem mass spectometry. Patients' tumor tissue (invasive breast cancer [IBC] only) is analyzed for p53 via IHC. Medical records are reviewed periodically.

Patients with IBC complete a quality of life assessment at baseline and every 6 months for up to 10 years.

Study Type

Study Type

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Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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563

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Beverly Hills, California, United States, 90211
        • Tower Cancer Research Foundation
      • Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000
        • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Pasadena, California, United States, 91105
        • City of Hope Medical Group

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

City of Hope New patients

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Biopsy-confirmed diagnosis of one of the following:

    • Stage I-IV infiltrating ductal or infiltrating lobular carcinoma

      • Patients with early-stage disease must not have started systemic treatment; if no systemic treatment is planned, patients must be either preoperative or ≤ 120 days since definitive breast surgery
      • Patients with locally advanced disease must be scheduled for neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to initiation of systemic treatment
    • Ductal carcinoma in situ
    • Lobular carcinoma in situ

    • Benign breast disease

      • Proliferative or non-proliferative
      • With or without atypia

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Karnofsky performance status 50-100%
  • Not pregnant
  • No prior invasive cancer diagnosis within the past 5 years except for squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma of the skin

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior systemic therapy (chemotherapy or hormonal therapy) for patients with stage I-III disease

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Control
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Normal benign breast disease or ductal carcinoma in situ
Genetic: gene expression analysis
Other: medical chart review
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Genetic: mutation analysis
Genetic: proteomic profiling
Other: mass spectrometry
Genetic: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Other: immunohistochemistry staining method
Other: fluorescent antibody technique
Other: liquid chromatography
Invasive breast cancer
Genetic: gene expression analysis
Other: medical chart review
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Genetic: mutation analysis
Genetic: proteomic profiling
Other: mass spectrometry
Genetic: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Other: fluorescent antibody technique
Other: liquid chromatography

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Establishment of a specimen bank
Time Frame: 5 Years of specimen collection
5 Years of specimen collection
Ability of the quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) to distinguish between biopsy benign and malignant results
Time Frame: 5 years
5 years
Ability of the qRT-PCR to predict treatment response
Time Frame: 5 years
5 years
Ability of the qRT-PCR to predict relapse
Time Frame: 5 years
5 years
Ability of the qRT-PCR to perform as an independent prognostic factor
Time Frame: 5 years
5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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City of Hope Medical Center

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Robert Hickey, Ph.D., City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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August 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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June 6, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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June 6, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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May 9, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 9, 2009

First Posted (Estimated)

First Posted

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May 12, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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June 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 23, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 04125
  • P30CA033572 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • CHNMC-04125 (Registry Identifier: NCI PDQ)
  • CDR0000628766 (Registry Identifier: NCI)

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