Evaluation of Breast Cancer Surgical Margins Using Optical Spectroscopy

January 28, 2016 updated by: University of Wisconsin, Madison

A Pilot Study of Intraoperative Margin Assessment Comparing Optical Spectroscopy and Frozen Section Analysis for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast

This study will apply optical spectroscopy to intraoperative margin assessment during surgery for breast cancer. We hypothesize that a combination of fluorescence spectroscopy and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy will reliably detect involved surgical margins. Twenty patients with ductal carcinoma in-situ will undergo a standard lumpectomy followed by scanning with a sterile optical spectroscopy probe. Frozen sections from the surgical cavity will be used to evaluate the margins. Optical spectroscopy data will be categorized as benign or malignant using a statistical algorithm and the results will be compared with the frozen and permanent section results.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

20

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

    • Wisconsin
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
        • University of Wisconsin

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

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ductal carcinoma in-situ or invasive carcinoma diagnosed by image directed core biopsy who are planning to undergo breast conserving surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients who were diagnosed with excisional biopsy and patients undergoing mastectomy

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: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
The goal of this research is to develop a minimally invasive technology with the capability of rapidly assessing surgical margins for breast cancer patients undergoing breast conserving therapy.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Two potential benefits from developing this technology are:
1. Decreasing operative times by eliminating the need to wait for histologic margin assessment.
2 Intraoperative margin assessment will become available for surgeons performing breast conserving therapy in facilities in-house pathologists.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tara Breslin, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2005

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

March 1, 2011

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

March 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 14, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 14, 2005

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 21, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 29, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2016

Last Verified

January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • M-2002-0211
  • 2002-211 (OTHER: MR IRB)

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