A Clinical Investigation to Evaluate Microwave Imaging Via MammoWave® in a Population-based Screening Program for Early Breast Cancer Detection

NCT ID: NCT06291896

Last Updated: 2025-01-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-15

Study Completion Date

2026-12-15

Brief Summary

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This is an open, multicentric, interventional, prospective, non-randomized clinical investigation. The first aim of the study is to confirm that MammoWave reaches sensitivity\>75% and specificity\>90% in breast cancer (BC) detection on 10.000 volunteers undergoing regular screening programs.

Detailed Description

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MammoWave is a non-CE marked device that uses low-power (1mW) microwaves (1-9 GHz) instead of ionizing radiation (X-ray) for BC screening. MammoWave uses safe low-power radio frequency signals in the microwave band; it is a Class IIa medical device (non-invasive device). The previous generation of MammoWave had obtained the CE mark; in this investigation, the device contains the same hardware and will be used with the same acquisition method as the CE marked device, but additional data processing software will be used.

The 10,000 volunteers undergoing conventional breast screening examination will also undergo the MammoWave exam. The MammoWave results (WSF: breast With Suspicious Finding,i.e. with suspicious lesion, or NSF: No Suspicious Finding, i.e. breast without lesion or with low suspicious lesion) will be checked against the Reference Standard, to be intended as the output of conventional breast examination path (i.e., screening mammogram, integrated with other radiological/histological output when deemed necessary by the responsible Investigator in each site). Reference Standard may be BC+ for the histology-confirmed breast cancer (BI-RADS 6); BC- otherwise (BI-RADS 1, 2, 3).

(NOTE: BIRADS 4 and 5 are only image suspicion criteria: when a biopsy is performed, BIRADS are transformed in 6 (BC+) or 1,2 and 3 (BC-))

This clinical trial is performed within MammoScreen project \[1\] awarded in the context of HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02-01. UBT Srl is a partner of a Consortium which comprises (in addition to UBT): Toscana Life Sciences Foundation (Italy); London South Bank University (UK); ELAROS 24/7 Limited (UK); Servicio De Salud De Castilla La Mancha (Spain); Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca (Italy); EVITA - Cancro Hereditário (Portugal).

Conditions

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Women's Health: Neoplasm of Breast

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Clinical Investigation with class IIa medical device
Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Single Arm

All participants perform:

conventional breast examination path (i.e., screening mammogram, integrated with other radiological/histological output when deemed necessary by the responsible Investigator in each site) AND MammoWave exam.

Group Type OTHER

MammoWave

Intervention Type DEVICE

Women undergoing conventional breast screening examination will be asked by the clinical staff if they are interested in taking part in the study.

A short visit should be performed to check the inclusion/exclusion criteria, review demographic data, and the volunteer's medical history. After performing this visit, the volunteers will perform the MammoWave exam on both their breasts.

The exam will be composed of two phases: data acquisition and data processing. During the acquisition, which should take about 8 minutes, the volunteers would be lying down in a prone position, on the bed which is part of MammoWave.

When the acquisition is completed, the data will be processed through a dedicated microwave imaging algorithm. The output will be composed of microwave images, plus parameters describing the images. MammoWave output will also comprise a label obtained using an optimized classification algorithm.

Interventions

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MammoWave

Women undergoing conventional breast screening examination will be asked by the clinical staff if they are interested in taking part in the study.

A short visit should be performed to check the inclusion/exclusion criteria, review demographic data, and the volunteer's medical history. After performing this visit, the volunteers will perform the MammoWave exam on both their breasts.

The exam will be composed of two phases: data acquisition and data processing. During the acquisition, which should take about 8 minutes, the volunteers would be lying down in a prone position, on the bed which is part of MammoWave.

When the acquisition is completed, the data will be processed through a dedicated microwave imaging algorithm. The output will be composed of microwave images, plus parameters describing the images. MammoWave output will also comprise a label obtained using an optimized classification algorithm.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women aged between 45 and 74 years
* Asymptomatic
* Signed informed consent form before starting any study activity
* Average risk of BC (every woman except those with know BRCA1, 2, TP53, and/or previous BC)
* Mammographic test, either 2D FFDM or 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) (collecting oblique mediolateral projection \[MLO\] of the right breast, craniocaudal projection \[CC\] of the right breast, MLO projection of the left breast, CC projection of the left breast), performed within the past month with available results or planned to be performed in the same day of the MammoWave test or in the subsequent days
* Spontaneous willingness to comply with CIP and recommendations

Exclusion Criteria

* Woman with breast prostheses
* Women with symptoms or some sign of suspected BC
* Women with BRCA1, 2, TP53 or previous BC
* Pregnant women
* Women who do not have mammographic manifestation of the tumor (known occult breast tumor with only axillar manifestation)
* Women with breast size larger than the largest MammoWave cup size
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

74 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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London South Bank University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

ELAROS 24/7 Limited (UK)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Servicio De Salud De Castilla La Mancha (Spain)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

EVITA - Cancro Hereditário (Portugal)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences (Italy)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Umbria Bioengineering Technologies

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Ospedale San Giovanni Battista - USL Umbria 2

Foligno, Perugia, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

IRCCS Policlinico San Martino

Genova, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Pomeranian Medical University Hospital

Szczecin, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Champalimaud Foundation

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

Clínica Dr. Passos Ângelo in Lisbon

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía- Córdoba

Córdoba, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer

Murcia, , Spain

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo

Toledo, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy Poland Portugal Spain Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Gianluigi Tiberi

Role: CONTACT

0039 3490564302

Sabatino Tiberi

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Riccardo Loretoni

Role: primary

Massimo Calabrese

Role: primary

Jan Lubinsky

Role: primary

Filipa Lourenço Cardoso

Role: primary

Ângelo Passos

Role: primary

Marina Álvarez Benito

Role: primary

María Martínez Gálvez

Role: primary

Daniel Alvarez Sánchez-Bayuela

Role: primary

Thomas Frauenfelder

Role: primary

References

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Alvarez Sanchez-Bayuela D, Fernandez Martin J, Tiberi G, Ghavami N, Giovanetti Gonzalez R, Cruz Hernanez LM, Aguilar Angulo PM, Martinez Gomez AD, Rodriguez Sanchez A, Bigotti A, Khalesi B, Pontoriero L, Calabrese M, Tagliafico AS, Romero Castellano C. Microwave imaging for breast cancer screening: protocol for an open, multicentric, interventional, prospective, non-randomised clinical investigation to evaluate cancer detection capabilities of MammoWave system on an asymptomatic population across multiple European countries. BMJ Open. 2024 Nov 2;14(11):e088431. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088431.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39488412 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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UBT 2023-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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