AI could show breast cancer patients their future look after surgery
NCT ID NCT05196269
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Breast cancer patients often face uncertainty about how surgery or radiation will affect their appearance. This trial compares a standard approach, where doctors explain outcomes verbally, with a new cloud-based platform that uses artificial intelligence to show patients simulated images of possible results. Researchers will enroll over 1,000 patients to see if the AI tool helps align expectations with actual outcomes and improves quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an artificial intelligence and cloud-based digital health platform that simulates aesthetic outcomes of breast cancer treatment
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give breast cancer patients a clearer picture of how surgery or radiation might look, helping them make choices that match their expectations and improve satisfaction.
- What could go wrong
- The AI tool may not accurately predict individual results, and patients might still feel disappointed. The trial is large but early, and the technology's success depends on the quality of the image database and how well patients use the app.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 1,030 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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 : * More than 18 years old * Written informed consent * Primary breast cancer in situ or invasive without evidence of systemic disease - non Stage IV or locally advanced non-operable breast cancer. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 * Uni or Bilateral surgery even if prophylactic in one side * Capacity to use a web-based app autonomously or with home-based support Exclusion: * Mastectomy without reconstruction * Pregnancy or lactation * Previous radiation to breast/chest (e.g., lymphoma) * Previous ipsilateral breast surgery due to malignant disease. * Other neoplasm in the last 5 years (excluding basal cell carcinoma of the skin and adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix) * Severe skin disease that will contra-indicate the use of radiotherapy * Prophylactic surgery
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Champalimaud Research and Clinical Centre, Champalimaud Foundation
Lisbon, Lisbon District, 1400-038, Portugal
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Copernicus Mamma Centrum, Wojewodzkie Centrum Onkologii, Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy
Gdansk, Pomeranian, 80-210, Poland
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Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
Gdansk, Pomeranian, 80-210, Poland
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, 20132, Italy
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Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan, 52621, Israel
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Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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