Radar reflectors could sharpen breast cancer surgery and cut repeat operations
NCT ID NCT07686250
First seen Jul 07, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study tests a device called SAVI Scout MD, which uses tiny radar reflectors placed in the breast before surgery to help surgeons locate and remove tumors more precisely. The goal is to see if this method leads to complete tumor removal with clear margins, potentially reducing the need for a second surgery. The trial involves adult women with breast cancer who need more than one localization marker for their surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SAVI Scout MD system (implantable radar reflector)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this radar-guided approach could make breast cancer surgery more precise, lowering the chance that patients need a second operation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (37 participants) focused on surgical precision, not long-term outcomes. The device may not work as well in all patients or tumor types.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 37 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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.
- 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: * Adult females who are 18 years of age or older at time of signing informed consent will be eligible. * Must have ability to comprehend and the willingness to sign written informed consent for study participation. * Patients must have at least one sonographically, mammographically, or MRI identifiable in-breast malignancy and consent to undergo a surgical resection requiring bracketed localization (more than one localizing marker) at Moffitt Cancer Center. Mammographically or sonographically visible biopsy clips may be used as a localizing target. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing mastectomy for resection of the targeted lesion. * Planned excision of multiple separate sites in the ipsilateral breast. * Inability to undergo surgery at Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Moffitt Cancer Center
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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