Study tests skipping extra treatment for early breast condition
NCT ID NCT00165256
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether removing a small, low-grade breast change called DCIS with surgery alone is enough. About 158 people with grade 1 or 2 DCIS are being followed to see if the condition comes back. The goal is to find out if some patients can avoid additional treatments like radiation.
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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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157 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 1995
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- 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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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 must have high quality mammogram including magnification views of the area containing suspicious calcifications. * A specimen radiograph is required. If the specimen radiograph does not assure removal of all suspicious microcalcifications, a post-operative mammogram showing removal of all suspicious calcifications is required. * The clinical extent of DCIS must be less than or equal to 2.5 cm. * Grade 1 or 2 DCIS; patients with lobular carcinoma-in-situ (LCIS) in addition to DCIS in the breast are eligible. Negative margins are not required on the LCIS. * Patients must undergo a wide excision. A re-excision after the initial biopsy might be needed. Complete resection of the area of DCIS with a histologic margin of at least 1 cm must be achieved. * Patients must be enrolled on this protocol within 3 months of the last surgical procedure. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with invasive carcinoma including microinvasive disease * Carcinoma found in the sampled lymph nodes if axillary dissection is done * Patients with nipple discharge * Patients with adjuvant chemotherapy or Tamoxifen * Patients with a history of prior malignancies other than squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix. * Patients with a history of ipsilateral or contralateral breast carcinoma or DCIS or simultaneous bilateral DCIS.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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