New app helps breast cancer patients see their future after reconstruction
NCT ID NCT05130580
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a computer app that shows personalized images of what breast reconstruction might look like after surgery. The goal is to help patients make more informed decisions and reduce confusion. About 35 adults planning mastectomy and immediate reconstruction at MD Anderson are taking part.
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Study facts
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- 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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35 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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21 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 Criteria: * MD Anderson patients, age 21 or older * Planning to undergo either a unilateral or bilateral total, skin-sparing or nipple-sparing mastectomy; or, planning to undergo a unilateral or bilateral modified radical mastectomy * Considering immediate breast reconstruction at MD Anderson * Likely to be a suitable candidate for implant-based reconstruction and/or abdominal-tissue based reconstruction as determined by an MD Anderson Plastic Surgery faculty member * Ambulatory and able to stand unassisted for two minutes (3D imaging system requirement) * Ability to understand and read English without a translator Exclusion Criteria: * Has had a prior consultation with a plastic surgeon to discuss breast reconstruction * History of breast surgery (i.e., breast reduction, mastopexy, segmental mastectomy, augmentation, reconstruction, but not including biopsy) * Planning to have a delayed breast reconstruction * Adjuvant radiation of the breast is indicated at the time of enrollment * Diagnosis consistent with psychosis (such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder \[MDD\] with psychotic features or steroid induced psychosis) in the chart * Diagnosis consistent with cognitive impairment such as dementia, cognitive changes with stroke or radiation therapy in the chart * Documented personality disorder * Presence of non-medical tattoo on the breast
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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