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CompletedNCT03715959Updated Feb 25, 2025

Nipple Aspirate Fluid in Detecting Breast Cancer

An interventional study of Aspiration of Breast and Biospecimen Collection in Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC V8, Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC V8 and Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC V8, sponsored by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 40 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-25.

Sponsored by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
40 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This trial studies nipple aspirate fluid in detecting breast cancer. Nipple aspirate fluid may better detect breast cancer earlier than current methods used for screening such as mammograms and breast examinations.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To obtain nipple aspirate fluid (NAF) samples from non-lactating women subjects at least 40-years-old.

II. To analyze the samples using a novel protein nanopore-based detection platform to evaluate the efficacy of the platform for breast cancer diagnosis through detection of biomarkers.

OUTLINE:

Participants and healthy volunteers undergo collection of nipple aspirate fluid from both breasts.

After completion of study, participants are followed up at 1 year.

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Conditions studied

  • Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Estrogen Receptor Negative
  • Healthy Subject
  • HER2 Positive Breast Carcinoma
  • HER2/Neu Negative
  • Luminal a Breast Carcinoma
  • Luminal B Breast Carcinoma
  • Progesterone Receptor Negative
  • Prognostic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Prognostic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC V8
  • Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma
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In context

Carcinoma

6,741 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,161 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2 is below the median of 45 across 5,170 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 369 studies on the registry; 81 are open to participants now.

Of its 38 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 19 (50%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • BREAST CANCER: Must be > 1 year from pregnancy, lactation.
  • BREAST CANCER: Must be currently diagnosed with known breast cancer in breast.
  • BREAST CANCER: Must not be currently diagnosed with cancers other than breast cancer.
  • BREAST CANCER: Must not have been gone through surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy within 30 days of enrollment.
  • HEALTHY SUBJECTS: No history of breast cancer and must not be currently diagnosed with any other cancer.
  • HEALTHY SUBJECTS: Must be > 1 year from pregnancy, lactation.
  • HEALTHY SUBJECTS: Must be willing to have a clinical breast exam and/or mammogram performed or reviewed by an Ohio State University (OSU) radiologist at the James Cancer Hospital within the past 90 days prior to their NAF procedure. The clinical breast exam result and/or mammograms must be read as not suspicious for breast cancer.
  • HEALTHY SUBJECTS: Must be willing to keep the clinic informed of their breast health status for 1 year.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who are currently pregnant, lactating, or within a year of pregnancy/lactation. Pregnancy testing will not be required of any patients over 60 years of age, or any patient who has undergone bilateral oophorectomy.
  • Subjects who currently are diagnosed with cancers other than breast cancer.
  • Subjects who cannot give an informed consent.
  • Male gender of any age.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Diagnostic (nipple aspiration fluid)

    Participants and healthy volunteers undergo collection of nipple aspirate fluid from both breasts.

    Procedure: Aspiration of Breast · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection

Interventions

  • ProcedureAspiration of Breast

    Undergo NAF

  • ProcedureBiospecimen Collection

    Undergo NAF

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Biomarkers expression levels

    Nipple aspiration fluid samples will be compared between breast cancer participants and healthy participants. will perform the logistic regression model for each biomarker that shows any difference between the breast cancer patients and healthy individuals. Then we will include multiple biomarkers in one model while controlling for confounders.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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References and documents

Related links

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 25, 2025, 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
NCT03715959
Lead sponsor
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Responsible party
William Carson (Principal Investigator, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 23, 2018
Start date
Dec 10, 2020
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2024
Completion
Jan 1, 2024
Last update
Feb 25, 2025

Study contacts

William Carson, MD
principal investigator · Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Oversight

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