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Autoantibodies in Breast Cancer Detection

An observational study in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Sanford Health. Terminated at 2 sites in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-11.

Sponsored by Sanford Health · Observational

Why this study was terminated
Study closed to enrollment and data and specimen collection due to lack of funding.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
1,279
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Prospective, single-center study in women who have recently had an abnormal mammogram followed by a breast biopsy or women who have recently had a normal screening mammogram. We are no longer enrolling women who had normal Screening mammograms.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,279 is above the median of 184 across 2,642 observational studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Sanford Health is the lead sponsor of 39 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Women who have recently had an abnormal mammogram followed by a breast biopsy or women who have recently had a normal screening mammogram.

The study team will enroll approximately 1,550 participants at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD and Fargo, ND. Cohort A= 300 participants, Cohort B= 250 participants, Cohort C= 500 participants and Cohort D= 500 participants.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Inclusion Criteria:

All Cohorts:

  • Women age 18 and older
  • Understand and provide informed consent and HIPAA Authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific procedures

Cohort A:

  • Recent abnormal mammogram followed by a breast biopsy
  • Initial diagnosis of Stage I, II, III or IV invasive breast cancer

Cohort B:

  • Recent abnormal mammogram followed by a breast biopsy
  • Diagnosed benign breast tumor with high-risk pathology. This would include, but is not limited to, atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), flat epithelia atypia and phylloides

Cohort C:

  • Recent abnormal mammogram followed by a breast biopsy
  • Diagnosed benign breast tumor. This would include, but is not limited to, fibroadenoma, papilloma, fibrocystic changes, and Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)

Cohort D:

  • Normal screening mammogram within the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • All Cohorts:

    • Men.
    • Unable or unwilling to give written informed consent

Cohort A:

  • History of cancer other than non-melanoma basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and cervical carcinoma in situ.

Cohort B:

  • History of cancer other than non-melanoma basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma and cervical carcinoma in situ.

Cohort C:

  • History of cancer other than non-melanoma basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma and cervical carcinoma in situ.

Cohort D:

  • History of cancer other than non-melanoma basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma and cervical carcinoma in situ.
  • History of or current autoimmune disease including but not limited to Sjogrens Syndrome, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Scleroderma (Scl) and Dermatomyositis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Multiple Sclerosis, Type I Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • History of abnormal mammogram
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
1,279 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
5 Years
Patient registry
Yes

Groups and cohorts

  • Cohort A

    Patients who have recently had an abnormal mammogram, followed by a breast biopsy and an initial diagnosis of Stage I, II, III or IV invasive breast cancer, will be invited to participate. Stage I, II and III participants will be further categorized into high-risk and low-risk. For the purposes of this study, participants with at least one of the following will be considered high-risk; any triple negative cancer, any grade III cancer, lymph node involvement, tumor greater than 2cm, or any patient receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy.

    Other: Collection of blood

  • Cohort B

    Patients who have recently had an abnormal mammogram, followed by a breast biopsy and diagnosed with a benign but high-risk pathology, will be invited to participate. This includes, but is not limited to, atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), flat epithelia atypia or phylloides. Accrual to Cohort B is complete.

    Other: Collection of blood

  • Cohort C

    Patients who have recently had an abnormal mammogram, followed by a breast biopsy and diagnosed with a benign tumor, will be invited to participate. This includes, but is not limited to, fibroadenoma, papilloma, fibrocystic changes and Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH). Accrual to Cohort C is complete

    Other: Collection of blood

  • Cohort D

    Patients who have had a normal screening mammogram within the last 6 months will be invited to participate. Accrual to Cohort D is complete.

    Other: Collection of blood

  • Cohort E

    Patients who have recently had an abnormal mammogram, followed by a breast biopsy and an initial diagnosis of Stage I, II, III invasive breast cancer. Patients who have recently had an abnormal mammogram, followed by a breast biopsy, and diagnosed with a benign but high-risk pathology. Cohort E has 3 sub-groups. For the purposes of this study, participants with a breast cancer will be categorized as E1-malignant high risk, of E2-malignant low risk. Patients who have recently had an abnormal mammogram, followed by a breast biopsy, and diagnosed with a benign but high-risk pathology, will be invited to participate. These patients will be considered E3-benign high-risk.

    Other: Collection of blood

Interventions

  • OtherCollection of blood

    Collection of blood only to look at circulating autoantibodies that recognize breast cancer proteins to potentially be used as a biosensor for identifying patients with increased risk of having breast cancer

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Autoantibodies for breast cancer diagnosis

    The data from Phase I will be tested and validated with newly diagnosed BCa patient samples from Cohort A, and age-matched healthy controls taken from Cohort D, and a risk score will be developed based on a composite of autoantibodies for breast cancer diagnosis. A Cox Proportional Hazards (PH) Regression will be used to analyze a case-cohort study design to validate the risk score by identifying breast cancer cases from those cases in Cohorts B, C and D.

    Time frame: 5 years

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Sanford Health
    Fargo, North Dakota 58104, United States
  • Sanford Health
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — No plan to share individual participant data

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 11, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03623945
Lead sponsor
Sanford Health
Collaborators
Inanovate
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 9, 2018
Start date
Jul 24, 2018
Primary completion
Mar 11, 2024
Completion
Mar 11, 2024
Last update
Dec 11, 2024

Study contacts

Allison Watson, MD
principal investigator · Sanford Health

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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