Optical Tomography With Ultrasound Guidance

NCT ID: NCT00908609

Last Updated: 2017-04-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

340 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-04-30

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators propose to validate the utility of their novel hybrid imaging technique for accurate diagnosis of breast lesions, and for assessing chemotherapy response of cancer treatment and predicting treatment efficacy. The investigators' unique hybrid technique is implemented by simultaneously deploying near infrared (NIR) optical sensors and a commercial ultrasound (US) transducer mounted on a hand-held probe, and utilizing co-registered lesion structure information provided by ultrasound to improve the optical tomography.

As a result, the optical tomography assisted with US has overcome problems associated with intense light scattering and has provided reliable tumor angiogenesis distributions. Initial results with a small group of patients who underwent biopsy have shown that early stage invasive cancers present two-fold greater total hemoglobin concentration on average than fibroadenomas and other benign lesions. Initial results of advanced cancers have shown that the angiogenesis distribution is highly distorted and heterogeneous, and the distorted distributions correlate with histological microvessel density counts and can be used to assess chemotherapy response.

The objective of this study is to validate the investigators' initial results that NIR light guided by ultrasound can improve breast cancer diagnosis and monitor chemotherapy response.

Detailed Description

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Specific objectives of the study are:

Objective 1: Validate the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of optical tomography/US for distinguishing benign and early stage malignant breast tumors. Approximately 300 patients who will undergo ultrasound-guided biopsy are being recruited to this study from the University of Connecticut Health Center and Hartford Hospital. The total hemoglobin concentration and blood oxygen saturation will be the measured indices and the biopsy results will be used as the 'gold' standard.

Objective 2: Perform pilot studies of optical tomography/US to assess chemotherapy response and evaluate treatment efficacy. Patients diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancers (size greater than 3 cm) who will undergo chemotherapy will be enrolled to this study. Approximately, 20 to 30 patients are being recruited to the study from the University of Connecticut Health Center and Hartford Hospital.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

Patients who undergo routine ultrasound guided biopsy will be studied by optical imaging technique.

No interventions assigned to this group

2

Patients who have advanced breast cancers and are under neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment will be studied by optical technique.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women undergoing ultrasound guided biopsy or breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant thermotherapy treatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Women under 18 years old.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Donaghue Medical Research Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UConn Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Quing Zhu

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Quing Zhu, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Connecticut

Locations

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University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Hartford Hospital

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Zhu Q, Hegde PU, Ricci A Jr, Kane M, Cronin EB, Ardeshirpour Y, Xu C, Aguirre A, Kurtzman SH, Deckers PJ, Tannenbaum SH. Early-stage invasive breast cancers: potential role of optical tomography with US localization in assisting diagnosis. Radiology. 2010 Aug;256(2):367-78. doi: 10.1148/radiol.10091237. Epub 2010 Jun 22.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20571122 (View on PubMed)

Xu Y, Zhu Q. Imaging heterogeneous absorption distribution of advanced breast cancer by optical tomography. J Biomed Opt. 2010 Nov-Dec;15(6):066007. doi: 10.1117/1.3505015.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21198181 (View on PubMed)

Xu C, Zhu Q. Light shadowing effect of large breast lesions imaged by optical tomography in reflection geometry. J Biomed Opt. 2010 May-Jun;15(3):036003. doi: 10.1117/1.3431086.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20615005 (View on PubMed)

Ardeshirpour Y, Huang M, Zhu Q. Effect of the chest wall on breast lesion reconstruction. J Biomed Opt. 2009 Jul-Aug;14(4):044005. doi: 10.1117/1.3160548.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19725717 (View on PubMed)

Xu C, Yuan B, Zhu Q. Optimal probe design for breast imaging using near-infrared diffused light. J Biomed Opt. 2008 Jul-Aug;13(4):044002. doi: 10.1117/1.2966703.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19021330 (View on PubMed)

Zhu Q, Tannenbaum S, Hegde P, Kane M, Xu C, Kurtzman SH. Noninvasive monitoring of breast cancer during neoadjuvant chemotherapy using optical tomography with ultrasound localization. Neoplasia. 2008 Oct;10(10):1028-40. doi: 10.1593/neo.08602.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18813360 (View on PubMed)

Zhu Q, Wang L, Tannenbaum S, Ricci A Jr, DeFusco P, Hegde P. Pathologic response prediction to neoadjuvant chemotherapy utilizing pretreatment near-infrared imaging parameters and tumor pathologic criteria. Breast Cancer Res. 2014 Oct 28;16(5):456. doi: 10.1186/s13058-014-0456-0.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25349073 (View on PubMed)

Tavakoli B, Zhu Q. Two-step reconstruction method using global optimization and conjugate gradient for ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography. J Biomed Opt. 2013 Jan;18(1):16006. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.1.016006.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23296038 (View on PubMed)

Zhu Q, DeFusco PA, Ricci A Jr, Cronin EB, Hegde PU, Kane M, Tavakoli B, Xu Y, Hart J, Tannenbaum SH. Breast cancer: assessing response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy by using US-guided near-infrared tomography. Radiology. 2013 Feb;266(2):433-42. doi: 10.1148/radiol.12112415. Epub 2012 Dec 21.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23264349 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01EB002136

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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02-064S-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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