This prospective, multicenter, 1:1 randomized, controlled trial is designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) in subjects with non-palpable invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Subjects will be randomized to breast conserving surgery (BCS) utilizing either the BCL or wire localization (WL) to guide surgery.
The BCL System is intended to be used to guide a surgeon when performing partial mastectomy for breast cancer and to minimize positive margins. The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that the BCL is safe, effective, and non-inferior to the standard of care (WL) in the removal of non-palpable invasive breast cancer and DCIS. Investigators in the intervention group will be provided with a three dimensional (3D) image of the cancer in the breast which allows them to visualize the closest distance from the tumor to the skin and the chest wall and quantifies those distances. Investigators will also use a BCL, which is a patient specific, plastic, bra-like form that is transiently placed on the breast prior to surgery and allows the Investigator to mark the projected edges of the tumor on the breast skin and to place bracketing wires inside the breast which define the center of the cancer and distances 1 cm from the tumor edges defined by pre-operative supine MRI.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
480
The BCL is a patient-specific, plastic, bra-like form which is placed on the breast to localize the tumor during surgery.
Standard of care procedure
Arizona Center for Cancer Care
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Positive margin rate
To provide evidence that the positive margin rate following BCS using the BCL is not inferior to the standard of care (WL) for surgical guidance
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Specimen volumes
To compare specimen volumes for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Re-excision rate
To compare re-excision rate for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Cancer localization rate
To compare cancer localization rate for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Operative times
To compare operative times for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Adverse event rate
To compare adverse event rate for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Rate of additional shave biopsies
To compare rate of additional shave biopsies for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
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Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Steward Medical Group
Easton, Massachusetts, United States
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Cheshire Medical Center
Keene, New Hampshire, United States
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
...and 13 more locations
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled
Costs of care
To compare costs of care for women randomized to BCL vs. WL-guided BCS
Time frame: At completion of study recruitment, approximately 18 months after first subject enrolled