Focused ultrasound breast tumor trial withdrawn before starting
NCT ID NCT01827969
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study planned to test whether MRI-guided focused ultrasound could destroy breast tumors before mastectomy. The procedure was to be done under local anesthesia and sedation. However, the trial was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ablathermy focused ultrasound
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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.
- Start date
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Dec 2009
- Finished
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Mar 2011
- 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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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: * Invasive Breast Carcinoma with histologically confirmed hormone receptor analysis, the grade of the tumor, the expression of Her-2. * Lesion classified T1-T2-T3 unifocal or multifocal with or without associated microcalcifications * Lesion recognizable and identifiable in MRI * Indication of mastectomy with or without axillary * Lesion located more than 10 mm from the skin, the nipple and pectoralis major * No cons-indication to MRI (pacemaker) * Women whose age is ≥ 18 years * If premenopausal patient: patient contraceptives * Patient has signed informed consent * Affiliation to a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Tumor-TD T4B classified or non-palpable lesion * If age \<70 years: no indication of adjuvant chemotherapy and neoadjuvant * MRI lesions have not been identified, located within 10 mm of the skin and pectoral muscle, greater than 25 mm diameter * Inability to hold still in the prone position, arms extended, for 30 minutes * Contraindication to MRI * Patient deprived of liberty and major subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to consent * Patient participating in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days prior to baseline and during the trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, Aquitaine, 33000, France
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