Use of Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) for Women With Palpable Breast Abnormalities

June 27, 2024 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) is an advanced form of mammography which is performed after injection of contrast or dye into a vein in the arm. This dye is the same dye that is used for CT scans. This type of mammogram includes a regular mammogram as well as additional pictures with the dye.

This particular study is being done to determine if by adding the dye in the veins the investigators are better able to identify the cause of the lump than if they just did the regular mammogram alone.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

249

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

25 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women presenting for mammographic evaluation of an undiagnosed palpable mass found either by self examination and/or examination by referring physician

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age < 25 years old
  • Male patients
  • Pregnant or lactating patients
  • Patients with allergy to iodinated contrast
  • Patients with a history of renal disease or patients over 70 with a creatinine > 1.3. Creatinine must have been done within the last 12 weeks.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography
Women presenting to MSKCC with a palpable abnormality within the breast either self palpated & or palpated by their physician will be offered CESM instead of FFDM alone. The breast imager assigned to care for the patient will interpret the low energy images (including any additional views they routinely obtain) & record their findings. They will then interpret the CESM & record those results. As per standard of care, the patient will have a targeted ultrasound as well. Appropriate clinical recommendations will be made. In patients with no specific imaging findings, follow-up will be determined by the degree of suspicion of the palpable finding & will either be called negative & followed clinically if not suspicious, or will go on to MRI , percutaneous biopsy by a surgeon or surgical biopsy if suspicious.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
positive predictive value
Time Frame: 1 year
(PPV) will be defined using three distinct definitions: (1) PPV1 is the proportion of women with a positive assessment who had a cancer diagnosis in the follow-up period. (2) PPV2 is the proportion of women with a recommendation for biopsy who had a cancer diagnosis in the follow-up period. (3) PPV3 is the proportion of women with a biopsy recommendation and a biopsy performed within 1 year who had a cancer diagnosis in the follow-up period. Negative predictive value (NPV) is the proportion of women with a negative assessment who did not have a cancer diagnosis.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Maxine Jochelson, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 27, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

June 27, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 30, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2015

First Posted (Estimated)

April 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 28, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 27, 2024

Last Verified

June 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 15-053

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