Laser Spectroscopy of Breast Tissue Through a Needle Device

NCT ID: NCT00918788

Last Updated: 2013-08-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

17 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-04-30

Study Completion Date

2013-02-28

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of breast tissue from patients who have undergone biopsy or surgery to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This laboratory study is looking at samples of breast tissue from women who have undergone breast biopsy or surgery.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* To prove that optical spectra collected by inserting an optical fiber probe into breast tissue through a biopsy needle can be of adequate quality to render a spectroscopic diagnosis.

OUTLINE: Optical spectra are acquired from ex vivo samples of normal and malignant breast tissue using diffuse reflectance, fluorescence, and Raman spectroscopy. Tissue spectra are measured using a portable clinical spectroscopy device with front- and side-viewing optical fiber probes that are inserted into the breast tissue through a hollow biopsy needle. After the probes are withdrawn through the needle, cutting biopsies are obtained and the tissue is marked at the site of the spectral measurements. The biopsy specimens are then fixed in formalin and submitted for histopathologic studies using standard light microscopy techniques (i.e., H\&E staining and IHC). Additional histochemical, immunohistochemical, and fluorescent in situ stains may be performed to support the diagnosis or to better understand the spectroscopy results.

Medical records are reviewed to obtain information from the pathology report on patient demographics, pathological characteristics of the surgical specimen, and clinical indication for the surgical procedure.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Keywords

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breast cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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biologic sample preservation procedure

Ex vivo samples of normal and malignant breast tissue; biopsy specimens are then fixed in formalin and submitted for histopathologic studies

Intervention Type OTHER

immunohistochemistry staining method

The biopsy specimens are then fixed in formalin and submitted for histopathologic studies using standard light microscopy techniques (i.e., H\&E staining and IHC). Additional histochemical, immunohistochemical, and fluorescent in situ stains may be performed to support the diagnosis or to better understand the spectroscopy results.

Intervention Type OTHER

light microscopy

The biopsy specimens are then fixed in formalin and submitted for histopathologic studies using standard light microscopy techniques (i.e., H\&E staining and IHC).

Intervention Type OTHER

medical chart review

Medical records are reviewed to obtain information from the pathology report on patient demographics, pathological characteristics of the surgical specimen, and clinical indication for the surgical procedure.

Intervention Type OTHER

histopathologic examination

The biopsy specimens are then fixed in formalin and submitted for histopathologic studies using standard light microscopy techniques (i.e., H\&E staining and IHC). Additional histochemical, immunohistochemical, and fluorescent in situ stains may be performed to support the diagnosis or to better understand the spectroscopy results.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

needle biopsy

Tissue spectra are measured using a portable clinical spectroscopy device with front- and side-viewing optical fiber probes that are inserted into the breast tissue through a hollow biopsy needle.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

spectroscopy

Optical spectra are acquired from ex vivo samples of normal and malignant breast tissue using diffuse reflectance, fluorescence, and Raman spectroscopy. Tissue spectra are measured using a portable clinical spectroscopy device with front- and side-viewing optical fiber probes that are inserted into the breast tissue through a hollow biopsy needle. After the probes are withdrawn through the needle, cutting biopsies are obtained and the tissue is marked at the site of the spectral measurements.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Discarded normal and malignant breast tissue surgical specimens from women who have undergone excisional breast biopsy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, or breast-reduction surgery at the University Hospitals-Case Medical Center
* Hormone receptor status unknown

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Menopausal status unknown

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Maryann Fitzmaurice, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA043703

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CASE9107

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CASE-9107-CC482

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CASE9107

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id