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CompletedNCT05250674Updated Feb 22, 2022

Clinical Evaluation of CEM-guided Biopsy

An observational study in Contrast Enhanced Mammography-guided Biopsy, sponsored by Parc de Salut Mar. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-02-22.

Sponsored by Parc de Salut Mar · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
66
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

CEM-guided biopsy is an optional accessory of Senographe Pristina intended to provide accurate location of lesions in the breast in three dimensions, using information obtained from Contrast Enhanced Mammography (CEM) images. This information provides guidance for a variety of minimally invasive or interventional procedures in the breast such as vacuum assisted biopsy, core biopsy, presurgical localization (e.g. hook wire), and fine needle aspirations (FNA). This device cannot be used for reasons other than its intended use.

This evaluation is being done to learn more about the CEM-guided biopsy. Clinical user and operational feedback is a central part of the development process for medical devices in which information from real clinical use is required to optimize the device prior to commercial release.

Read the detailed description

Pristina Serena CEM is an option to the standard Pristina Serena breast biopsy unit. It is designed to allow the accurate localization of lesions in the breast in three dimensions, using information obtained from Contrast Enhanced Mammography (CEM) images. It is intended to provide guidance for histological purposes such as core or vacuum-assisted biopsies, for pre-surgical localization procedures, or Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) for cytopathology analysis.

The main purpose of this evaluation is to collect feedback to assess image readability and look-and feel, usability, workflow and user preference information from physicians and technologists who use CEM-guided biopsy to perform minimally invasive interventional breast procedures under clinical conditions. All feedbacks are collected by observations, interviews and surveys.

The evaluation population consists of adult women, presenting with clinical indication for a breast biopsy procedure after a positive abnormal CEM or MRI examination, and considered eligible for this procedure as per standard of care.

Eligible subjects undergo the clinically indicated breast biopsy procedure using the Pristina Serena CEM-guided biopsy. Region of interest location is determined by using stereotactic pairs of CEM images after injection of iodinated contrast media. All necessary equipment and instrumentation, medications, or other devices required to complete the subject's clinically indicated procedure shall be used and are not expected to be influenced by evaluation participation.

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Conditions studied

  • Contrast Enhanced Mammography-guided Biopsy

Keywords

  • Contrast Enhanced Mammography
  • breast cancer
  • interventional breast procedures
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In context

Lead sponsor

Parc de Salut Mar is the lead sponsor of 180 studies on the registry; 27 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
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adult women presenting with clinical indication for a breast biopsy procedure after a positive abnormal CEM or MRI examination, and considered eligible for this procedure as per standard of care.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult women presenting with clinical indication for a breast biopsy procedure after a positive abnormal CEM or MRI examination, and considered eligible for this procedure as per standard of care.
  • Are able and willing to comply with study procedures
  • Are able and willing to provide written informed consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Findings not accessible for stereotactic guidance biopsy
  • Are currently lactating
  • Have breast implants
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
66 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Adult women with indication for a breast biopsy procedure after an abnormal CEM or MRI examination.

    Adult women presenting with clinical indication for a breast biopsy procedure after a positive abnormal CEM or MRI examination and no clear ultrasound or mammography correlation.

    Device: CEM-guided biopsy

Interventions

  • DeviceCEM-guided biopsy

    The evaluation population consists of adult women, presenting with clinical indication for a breast biopsy procedure after a positive abnormal CEM or MRI examination (with no clear ultrasound or mammography correlation) and considered eligible for this procedure as per standard of care. Eligible subjects undergo the clinically indicated breast biopsy procedure using the Pristina Serena Bright ® CEM-guided biopsy. Region of interest location is determined by using stereotactic pairs of CEM images after injection of iodinated contrast media. All necessary equipment and instrumentation, medications, or other devices required to complete the subject's clinically indicated procedure shall be used and are not expected to be influenced by evaluation participation.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Image visibility of enhancing finding

    To assess the visibility of an index enhancing finding at the point of the CEM-guided biopsy. The enhancement in the biopsy images will be compared to the enhancing lesion initially detected at the diagnostic CEM examination, that led to the prescription of the breast biopsy. It is a subjective and dichotomous measure: visible or not visible.

    Time frame: immediately after each CEM-guided biopsy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pathology results on biopsy specimen

    Pathology results are classified according to the National Health Service Breast Screening Program (NHSBSP) classification for breast biopsies in B1 (normal tissue), B2 (benign lesion), B3 (lesion of uncertain malignant potential), B4 (suspicious), B5 (malignant).

    Time frame: up to 3 weeks

  2. Upgrade rate to malignancy of biopsied lesions that underwent surgical or percutaneous intervention

    To evaluate the upgrade rate to malignancy of lesions that were further assessed with surgical or percutaneous intervention. The term "upgrade to malignancy" applies for lesions that were diagnosed as high-risk lesions at biopsy (B3), but with final pathology at excision changed to malignancy (in situ or invasive), as well as for in situ lesions at biopsy upstaged to invasive cancer at surgery.

    Time frame: an average of 3 months

  3. Number of participants with CEM-guided biopsy minor complications.

    To register the number of participants that underwent minor complications related to the CEM-guided procedure, such as presence of immediate hematoma in biopsy bed or experienced vasovagal reactions during or inmediately after the procedure. This information will be registered in three categories: hematoma, vasovagal reaction or no complications.

    Time frame: immediately after each CEM-guided biopsy

  4. Biopsy needle approach

    To register the needle entry to the breast in order to access the intended lesion during the biopsy procedure as it was through a vertical or horizontal approach. It is a dichotomous measure: vertical or horizontal.

    Time frame: immediately after each CEM-guided biopsy

  5. Total time per procedure

    To register the time spent during the biopsy procedure. The time will be considered since the intravenous contrast administration until the breast decompression, immediately after clip marker deployment. It is a numeric variable and will be measured in minutes and evaluated as a median interquartile range.

    Time frame: immediately after each CEM-guided biopsy

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital del Mar - Parc de Salut Mar
    Barcelona, Catalonia 08003, Spain
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References and documents

Publications

  • Schrading S, Distelmaier M, Dirrichs T, Detering S, Brolund L, Strobel K, Kuhl CK. Digital breast tomosynthesis-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: initial experiences and comparison with prone stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsy. Radiology. 2015 Mar;274(3):654-62. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14141397. Epub 2014 Nov 11. PubMed 25386875 ↗
  • Wecsler J, Jeong YJ, Raghavendra AS, Mack WJ, Tripathy D, Yamashita MW, Sheth PA, Hovanessian Larsen L, Russell CA, MacDonald H, Sener SF, Lang JE. Factors associated with MRI detection of occult lesions in newly diagnosed breast cancers. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Mar;121(4):589-598. doi: 10.1002/jso.25855. Epub 2020 Jan 26. PubMed 31984517 ↗
  • Meissnitzer M, Dershaw DD, Lee CH, Morris EA. Targeted ultrasound of the breast in women with abnormal MRI findings for whom biopsy has been recommended. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Oct;193(4):1025-9. doi: 10.2214/AJR.09.2480. PubMed 19770325 ↗
  • Abe H, Schmidt RA, Shah RN, Shimauchi A, Kulkarni K, Sennett CA, Newstead GM. MR-directed ("Second-Look") ultrasound examination for breast lesions detected initially on MRI: MR and sonographic findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Feb;194(2):370-7. doi: 10.2214/AJR.09.2707. PubMed 20093598 ↗
  • Perlet C, Heywang-Kobrunner SH, Heinig A, Sittek H, Casselman J, Anderson I, Taourel P. Magnetic resonance-guided, vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: results from a European multicenter study of 538 lesions. Cancer. 2006 Mar 1;106(5):982-90. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21720. PubMed 16456807 ↗
  • Siegmann-Luz KC, Bahrs SD, Preibsch H, Hattermann V, Claussen CD. Management of breast lesions detectable only on MRI. Rofo. 2014 Jan;186(1):30-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1335972. Epub 2013 Jul 29. PubMed 23897532 ↗
  • Santiago L, Candelaria RP, Huang ML. MR Imaging-Guided Breast Interventions: Indications, Key Principles, and Imaging-Pathology Correlation. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2018 May;26(2):235-246. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2017.12.002. Epub 2018 Feb 21. PubMed 29622128 ↗
  • Esserman LE, Cura MA, DaCosta D. Recognizing pitfalls in early and late migration of clip markers after imaging-guided directional vacuum-assisted biopsy. Radiographics. 2004 Jan-Feb;24(1):147-56. doi: 10.1148/rg.241035052. PubMed 14730043 ↗
  • Clauser P, Mann R, Athanasiou A, Prosch H, Pinker K, Dietzel M, Helbich TH, Fuchsjager M, Camps-Herrero J, Sardanelli F, Forrai G, Baltzer PAT. A survey by the European Society of Breast Imaging on the utilisation of breast MRI in clinical practice. Eur Radiol. 2018 May;28(5):1909-1918. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-5121-4. Epub 2017 Nov 22. PubMed 29168005 ↗
  • Schrading S, Strobel K, Keulers A, Dirrichs T, Kuhl CK. Safety and Efficacy of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Large-Volume Breast Biopsy (MR-Guided VALB). Invest Radiol. 2017 Mar;52(3):186-193. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000331. PubMed 27861232 ↗
  • Neeter LMFH, Raat HPJF, Alcantara R, Robbe Q, Smidt ML, Wildberger JE, Lobbes MBI. Contrast-enhanced mammography: what the radiologist needs to know. BJR Open. 2021 Nov 24;3(1):20210034. doi: 10.1259/bjro.20210034. eCollection 2021. PubMed 34877457 ↗

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 22, 2022, 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
NCT05250674
Lead sponsor
Parc de Salut Mar
Collaborators
General Electric
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 22, 2022
Start date
Oct 8, 2019
Primary completion
Sep 27, 2021
Completion
Oct 6, 2021
Last update
Feb 22, 2022

Oversight

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