Breast Reconstruction Following Breast Cancer in Very High Risk Patients
- Conditions
- Malignant Neoplasm of BreastBreast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT03261323
- Lead Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to:
1. Evaluate whether immediate or delayed reconstruction should be offered for breast reconstruction candidates with higher risk for surgical complications by comparing complications, quality of life, and hospital costs
2. Determine the efficacy of risk reduction strategies for breast reconstruction patients with higher risk for surgical complications
- Detailed Description
Primary Endpoint(s)
1. Define the optimal timing of reconstruction in patients at a higher risk for developing breast reconstruction surgical complications through a randomized prospective cohort
2. Compare immediate and delayed reconstruction outcome metrics through retrospective review
Secondary Endpoint(s)
1. Evaluate Quality of life of patients at a higher risk for developing breast reconstruction surgical complications undergoing immediate versus delayed reconstruction.
2. Compare complications and reoperations between immediate versus delayed reconstruction.
3. Compare the hospital costs between immediate versus delayed reconstruction
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of risk reduction strategies
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Subjects must have histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer or indication for prophylactic mastectomy.
- Subjects must be breast reconstruction candidates using implant based breast reconstruction.
- Subjects must have a pre-operative risk >20% complication prediction from the Breast Reconstruction Risk Assessment (BRA) Score for implant-based breast reconstruction candidates
- Subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
- Prior breast cancer surgical treatment
- Prior breast reconstruction
- Inability to provide written consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method optimal timing of reconstruction in patients at a higher risk for developing breast reconstruction surgical complications Until 1 year post breast reconstruction Proportion of patients preferring delayed reconstruction.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Major complications Until 1 year post breast reconstruction defined as the ones that required reoperation (infection, capsular contracture, hematoma, seroma, skin flap and flap necrosis, etc).
Minor complications Until 1 year post breast reconstruction defined as the ones that were office treated, not requiring a reoperation
Number of revision surgeries Until 1 year post breast reconstruction defined as surgeries not related to complications, indicated for symmetrization, aesthetic improvement, nipple reconstruction, or skin paddle removal
Hospital cost of the complete reconstruction treatment Until 1 year post breast reconstruction Cost of reconstruction including the cost of complications
Change in patient satisfaction Until 1 year post breast reconstruction Patient satisfaction using the pre-operative Breast-Q questionnaire to define the baseline compared to score on Breast-Q questionnaire during follow-up
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States