Can a new implant rebuild the breast right after lumpectomy?

NCT ID NCT05941299

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First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests a new breast implant called REGENERA in women aged 40–70 who are having a lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer. The implant is placed during the same surgery to fill the gap left by the removed tumor. The study aims to see if the implant is safe and whether surgeons find it easy to use, while also checking that it does not interfere with standard breast cancer imaging like mammograms.

What this could mean

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Active substance
a breast implant called REGENERA, made from a regenerative material, placed during lumpectomy surgery
What this could lead to
If safe and effective, REGENERA could offer a new option for breast reconstruction immediately after lumpectomy, potentially improving cosmetic outcomes without interfering with cancer follow-up imaging.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage device trial with only 92 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Risks include implant-related complications such as infection, implant failure, or interference with cancer surveillance.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 92 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2023

Expected to finish

Dec 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

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Ages

40 to 70 years

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Female adult subject aged 40-70 years. * Subject diagnosed with malignant breast lesion: * monolateral nodular infiltrative carcinoma, * without microcalcification, * single or multifocal, * included in an area with a maximum diameter of 4 cm, * non-metastatic (M0). * Subject with clinically negative axilla. * Subject considered eligible for conservative breast surgery - BCS (Breast-Conserving Surgery, lumpectomy or quadrantectomy), leaving a volume deficit compatible with a REGENERA implant (available in two dried sizes) volume of 70 ml or 100 ml. * Confirmation of malignant lesion (pT1, pT2, pN0, pN1) with no discordance between biopsy and radiological imaging. * Adequate hematopoietic functions. * Good general health and mentally sound. * Subject able and willing to give written informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Subject with actual concomitant benign breast lesion (B2 and B3), unless present in the same mammary quadrant or in the contralateral breast. * Subject with actual concomitant malignancies, lobular neoplasm, metastatic breast carcinoma, sarcoma, malignant phyllodes lesions, or Paget's disease. * Axillary dissection planned as part of the breast lesion surgery. * History of surgery, chemotherapy, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or irradiation of the breast parenchyma object of the study. * Skin retraction at the breast to be operated. * Infection of the surgical site confirmed pre-operatively by clinical examination. * Abnormal blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin. * Hard smoker (more than 10 cigarettes a day). * Acute or chronic severe renal insufficiency (creatinine values \>180 μmol/l). * History of severe asthma or allergies (including allergy to anesthetics or contrast media). * Autoimmune disease. * Subjects who are known to be carriers of BCRA mutation. * Inability to undergo MRI or allergy to contrast media. * Systemic infections in an active phase. * Immunocompromised patients (HIV). * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman or woman who has nursed a child within 3 months prior to enrolment in the study. * Subject who has participated in another interventional study within the past 3 months. * Subject who received immunosuppressant therapy in the last 3 months. * History of substance abuse (drug or alcohol). * Non-collaborative patients (severe physical disabilities or psychiatric disorders, as per specialist opinion).

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A.O.U. Pisana - Ospedale Santa Chiara

    Pisa, 56126, Italy

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

    A Coruña, 15001, Spain

  • ICS Maugeri IRCCS

    Pavia, 27100, Italy

  • IEO Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

    Milan, 20141, Italy

  • IRCCS Humanitas Istituto Clinico Catanese

    Catania, 95045, Italy

  • IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital

    Rozzano, Milano, 20089, Italy

  • IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

    Milan, 20132, Italy

  • Istituto Oncologico di Candiolo FPO-IRCCS

    Torino, 10060, Italy

  • Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

    Roma, 00168, Italy

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