Can a quicker MRI spot breast cancer sooner? new study recruits 400 High-Risk women
NCT ID NCT03729115
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study enrolls 400 women at high risk for breast cancer to see if a shorter, abbreviated MRI scan works as well as a full-length MRI for early detection. Participants will get MRI scans every 6 months. The goal is to develop faster, personalized screening that could make regular monitoring easier and more accessible.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to faster, more accessible MRI screening for women at high risk of breast cancer, enabling earlier detection.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage registry study, not a treatment trial. The faster MRI may not be as accurate as the full scan, and results may not apply to all populations.
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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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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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25 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Known carrier of PV in BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, PALB2, PTEN, CDH1 or STK11 gene. Women with PV in any other cancer susceptibility genes are eligible if they also have an estimated lifetime risk of 30% or higher based on the integrated risk score, as described below. OR * Results from a CLIA approved laboratory with estimated lifetime risk of 30% or higher, based on integrated risk score that includes polygenic risk score (PRS) e.g Myriad Model. OR * WISDOM study participant recommended to have MRI every 6 months. OR * Patients with history of chest wall radiation received before age 35. AND * Must be at least 25 years old. * Willing to travel to participating site for imaging studies as well as any necessary follow-up procedures. * Be able to give informed consent. * Patients with prior history of breast or ovarian or any cancer associated with inherited pathogenic mutations in BRCA1/2, PALB2, CDH1, TP53, PTEN or STK11 related mutation are eligible if they meet the inclusion criteria, have completed all active treatments and are cancer free. * Willing to travel to the University of Chicago Medicine Exclusion Criteria * Undergoing active cancer treatment at the time of enrollment. * Current pregnancy. * Presence of a pacemaker or any other metallic foreign object in their body that interferes with an MRI. * Breast surgery within two weeks of study entry. * Women with history of bilateral mastectomy are not eligible * History of kidney disease or abnormal kidney function. * History of dye allergy unless it can be mediated with antihistamines and/or steroids * Women can be taking hormone replacement therapy, tamoxifen, raloxifene, aromatase inhibitors, Parp Inhibitors as adjuvant therapy or participating in a chemoprevention trial. * Women who are pregnant can return to the study after pregnancy. Expected timeframe to return back to the study after pregnancy is within 6 months post-delivery. * Women can return to the study after being treated for early-stage breast cancer. Timing of return to the study will be per investigator's discretion.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of California, Davis
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of California, San Diego
RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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