New imaging clues could help tailor breast cancer care
NCT ID NCT07587086
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing whether a detailed PET/MR scan using a radioactive tracer called fluorocholine can predict the molecular subtype and likely outcomes of breast cancer. Researchers will scan 195 women before they start treatment and compare the images with their actual tumor type and response. The goal is to see if this imaging approach can help doctors choose the best treatment for each patient without needing extra biopsies.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 195 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study is conducted to use the pre-treatment FCH PET/MR in breast cancer patients, to investigate whether the conventional PET/MR imaging markers (SUVmax, MR spectroscopy-derived choline analysis, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, ADC analysis), and FCH PET/MR radiomic features, deep learning (DL) analysis are associated with molecular subtypes, clinical outcomes, treatment response, survival, and which parameters are more accurate for predictive purposes.
- Ages
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25 to 75 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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 Criteria: * Women aged 25-75 years old. * Women diagnosed with breast cancer by pathological diagnosis from a core biopsy within 3 months and who will receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) before surgery; or women with pathologically proven breast cancer within 3 months and who will receive operation (without pre-operative neoadjuvant chemotherapy). * Women whose ECOG performance status between 0-2 and life expectancy at least 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Women who are unable to cooperate with the examinations * Women who are pregnant, lactating or are planning to be pregnant * Women with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 60 ml/min/1.73m2 or acute renal failure within 3 months, past history of renal dialysis. * Past history of claustrophobia * Past history of anaphylactoid reactions to MRI contrast agents or PET tracer agents. * Women with cardiac pacemaker, aneurysmal clip, mechanical valve replacement, recently applied coronary artery stent (within 3 months). * Past history of breast cancer or other malignancy within 5 years. * Women who underwent chemotherapy within a year. * Women who are not suitable to join the study according to the assessment by investigators.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
RECRUITINGTaipei, Taiwan, 11217, Taiwan
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