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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Routine Shave Margins Versus Standard Partial Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients

NCT01452399 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 251

Last updated 2021-01-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This research study is designed to look at whether the routine use of shave margins (by taking extra tissue at the time of partial mastectomy surgery) will reduce the chances of having positive surgical margins requiring another surgical procedure, and whether this affects the long-term chances of getting cancer back in your breast.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Shave margins

Partial mastectomy with shave margins.

PROCEDURE

No Shave Margins

Partial mastectomy without shave margins.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anees Chagpar, M.D. · The Breast Center -- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2020-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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