Nipple Aspiration, Ductal Lavage, and Duct Endoscopy in Screening Women at Moderate-to-High Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

NCT00081003 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2014-07-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Screening tests, such as nipple aspiration, ductal lavage, and breast duct endoscopy, may help doctors detect cancer cells early and plan more effective treatment for breast cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well nipple aspiration, ductal lavage, and breast duct endoscopy work in detecting cancer cells in healthy women who are at moderate-to-high risk of developing breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

GENETIC

gene expression analysis

GENETIC

protein expression analysis

OTHER

cytology specimen collection procedure

OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

OTHER

physiologic testing

PROCEDURE

breast duct lavage

PROCEDURE

endoscopic biopsy

PROCEDURE

study of high risk factors

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerald Gui, MD, MS, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Eng) · Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Purpose
SCREENING

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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