NCT04679207

A Pilot Study of Ultrasound-guided Vacuum-assisted Excision of Breast Cancers

A Pilot Study of Ultrasound-guided Vacuum-assisted Excision of Breast Cancers (the PICASSO Study)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is looking into whether the procedure called Vacuum Assisted Excision (VAE) is a safe method for the removal of small and medium sized invasive breast cancers in patients who are unfit or have refused to have surgery to remove cancer. Recruitment Target: 20

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Vacuum-assisted excision	Vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) is a minimally invasive technique performed under local anaesthetic as an outpatient procedure by radiologists using x-ray or ultrasound guidance. It was developed in the USA in the mid 1990s and has become well established as a diagnostic test for suspected breast disease. It uses the combination of a large gauge biopsy needle and suction to allow larger pieces of tissue to be removed than can be obtained with a standard needle biopsy device. The technique is used widely for diagnostic purposes and, in some centres, for the therapeutic removal of benign breast lumps such as fibroadenomas and papillomas.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-25
• Primary completion: 2021-05-31
• Completion: 2021-05-31
• First posted: 2020-12-22
• Last updated: 2023-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom