New registry aims to unlock secrets of rare breast cancer
NCT ID NCT00477100
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study creates a registry for people with inflammatory breast cancer, a rare and aggressive form of the disease. Researchers will collect blood, tissue, and stool samples along with medical information from up to 1,200 participants. The goal is to build a resource for future research that may lead to better understanding and treatment of this cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry could help researchers discover new ways to diagnose or treat inflammatory breast cancer in the future.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It collects data and samples for future studies, so there is no direct benefit to participants. Results may take years to lead to any practical advances.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2007
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2030
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.
Who is studied
Participants with inflammatory or invasive breast cancer
- 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 Criteria: * Patients with clinical diagnosis of primary inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), second primary IBC, or highly suspicious for IBC (MD Anderson patients only). * Histological diagnosis of invasive breast cancer, or highly suspicious for IBC (MD Anderson patients only) but pending breast cancer diagnosis. * Be either newly diagnosed, or highly suspicious for IBC (MD Anderson patients only) \[Cohort I\] or have paraffin blocks or up to 20 unstained slides of each representative block(s) from the time of initial diagnosis of IBC(i.e. core biopsy and punch biopsy) and/or from mastectomy (Cohort II-MD Anderson patients only) * Age \> 18 years * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria:
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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
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Banner - MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGGilbert, Arizona, 85234, United States
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Banner - MD Anderson Cancer Center - Northern Colorado
RECRUITINGGreeley, Colorado, 80631, United States
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Baptist - MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States
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Covenant Medical Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGSaginaw, Michigan, 48604, United States
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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MD Anderson League City
RECRUITINGNassau Bay, Texas, 77058, United States
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MD Anderson in Katy
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77094, United States
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MD Anderson in Sugar Land
RECRUITINGSugar Land, Texas, 77478, United States
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MD Anderson in The Woodlands
RECRUITINGThe Woodlands, Texas, 77384, United States
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Scripps - MD Anderson Cancer Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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