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RecruitingNCT05833659RESPECTUpdated Apr 27, 2023

Comparison Between Prepectoral and Subpectoral Breast Reconstruction

An observational study in Stage II Breast Cancer and Stage I Breast Cancer, sponsored by Beijing Friendship Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-27.

Sponsored by Beijing Friendship Hospital · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Mar 2025, 1 year 7 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Mar 2022; still recruiting 4 years 7 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
88
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

There are controversies about breast implant-based reconstruction techniques. Our center pioneered single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy (SIE-NSM) combined with stage I prosthesis reconstruction. The study's primary objective is to compare single-port endoscopic NSM combined with pre-pectoral breast reconstruction to the subpectoral breast reconstruction group regarding breast satisfaction.

This study is an ambispective cohort study. The study will be conducted at Beijing Friendship Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University. Patients will be enrolled retrospectively from January 2014 to March 2022 by reviewing the medical records and recruited prospectively from March 2022 to March 2025. The two cohorts are the pre-pectoral breast reconstruction cohort and the subpectoral breast reconstruction cohort, both following single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy. The primary outcome of this study is postoperative breast satisfaction, which the BREAST-Q score will measure. The different variables will be compared using the Χ2 test for categorical variables and the Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables.

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Sample size and statistical analysis This study is an ambispective cohort study. According to the previous retrospective research data of the center, the breast satisfaction score is the main research object. The standard deviation was 2.6, the non-inferiority margin was 0.15, the test level was α=0.05, β=0.2, and a one-sided test was performed. Eighty patients will be needed for two cohorts in a 1:1 ratio. Considering the 10% loss to follow-up rate, 44 patients will be required to be enrolled in each group.

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Conditions studied

  • Stage II Breast Cancer
  • Stage I Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • breast cancer
  • endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy
  • breast reconstruction
  • breast satisfaction
  • BREAST-Q score
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,547 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 88 is below the median of 184 across 2,643 observational studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Beijing Friendship Hospital is the lead sponsor of 216 studies on the registry; 95 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Female patients with preoperative pathologically confirmed early-stage invasive breast cancer (stage I or stage II) and having willingness for breast reconstruction.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Female patients with preoperative pathologically confirmed early-stage invasive breast cancer (stage I or stage II) by core needle biopsy.
  2. Breast-conserving surgery is not possible due to the presence of contraindications to breast-conserving surgery, or the patient actively requests total mastectomy.
  3. Patients having willingness for breast reconstruction.
  4. Age between 18 to 70 years.
  5. Maximum diameter of the cancer lesion ≤ 3 cm.
  6. Physical examination and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed that the tumor did not invade the skin, subcutaneous tissue, or chest wall.
  7. The distance between the lesion and the nipple is ≥2 cm, and it is confirmed by physical examination and MRI that the nipple-areola complex is not invaded.
  8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status Scale of 0 to 2.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. patients having serious medical diseases, including unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, and cerebrovascular accident within 6 months.
  2. Having history of malignant tumor (s) within 5 years.
  3. Patients under immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplantation.
  4. Having continuous systemic steroid hormone therapy.
  5. Pregnant or lactating women.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
88 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • The prepectoral breast reconstruction

    The patients received prepectoral breast reconstruction after single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy

    Procedure: The breast reconstruction method after single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy

  • The subpectoral breast reconstruction

    The patients received subpectoral breast reconstruction after single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy

    Procedure: The breast reconstruction method after single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy

Interventions

  • ProcedureThe breast reconstruction method after single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy

    Group A:The prepectoral breast reconstruction. Group B:The subpectoral breast reconstruction

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. breast satisfaction

    measured by BREAST-Q score

    Time frame: 12 months after operation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Physical well-being of chest

    measured by BREAST-Q score

    Time frame: 12 months after operation

  2. Animation deformity

    confirmed by the doctor's physical examination

    Time frame: 12 months after operation

  3. Adverse events

    according to Clavien-Dindo system

    Time frame: within 30 days after surgery

  4. Local recurrence and distant metastasis of breast cancer

    physical examination or imaging examination with histologically confirmed

    Time frame: 12 months after operation

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital medical University
    Beijing, Beijing, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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 Apr 27, 2023, 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
NCT05833659
Lead sponsor
Beijing Friendship Hospital
Collaborators
Beijing Health Promotion Association
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 27, 2023
Start date
Mar 1, 2022
Primary completion
Mar 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 27, 2023

Study contacts

guoxuan gao, MD
Contact
aliceggx@163.com
+861063138712
guoxuan gao, MD
principal investigator · Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

Oversight

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