Could microwaves replace mammograms? new study tests safer, more comfortable breast cancer screening
NCT ID NCT06291896
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new device called MammoWave that uses microwaves to detect breast cancer. It will involve 10,000 women aged 45-74 who are getting regular mammograms. The goal is to see if this technology can find breast cancer as well as or better than standard mammograms, while being more comfortable and inclusive.
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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 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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45 to 74 years
- 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: * Women aged between 45 and 74 years * Asymptomatic * Signed informed consent form before starting any study activity * Average risk of BC (every woman except those with know BRCA1, 2, TP53, and/or previous BC) * Mammographic test, either 2D FFDM or 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) (collecting oblique mediolateral projection \[MLO\] of the right breast, craniocaudal projection \[CC\] of the right breast, MLO projection of the left breast, CC projection of the left breast), performed within the past month with available results or planned to be performed in the same day of the MammoWave test or in the subsequent days * Spontaneous willingness to comply with CIP and recommendations Exclusion Criteria: * Woman with breast prostheses * Women with symptoms or some sign of suspected BC * Women with BRCA1, 2, TP53 or previous BC * Pregnant women * Women who do not have mammographic manifestation of the tumor (known occult breast tumor with only axillar manifestation) * Women with breast size larger than the largest MammoWave cup size
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites in 5 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Az. San. Univ. Giuliano Isontina (ASU GI)
RECRUITINGTrieste, 34128, Italy
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Champalimaud Foundation
RECRUITINGLisbon, Portugal
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Clínica Dr. Passos Ângelo in Lisbon
RECRUITINGLisbon, Portugal
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo
RECRUITINGToledo, Spain
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Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich
RECRUITINGZurich, Switzerland
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Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer
RECRUITINGMurcia, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía- Córdoba
RECRUITINGCórdoba, Spain
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IRCCS Policlinico San Martino
RECRUITINGGenova, Genova, 16132, Italy
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Ospedale San Giovanni Battista - USL Umbria 2
RECRUITINGFoligno, Perugia, 06034, Italy
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Pomeranian Medical University Hospital
RECRUITINGSzczecin, Poland
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