Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Scan for the Estimation of Tissue Pressure in Patients With Breast Cancer

Description

This clinical trial studies the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in estimating tissue pressure in patients with breast cancer. Diagnostic procedures, such as CEUS, may help estimate tissue pressure noninvasively.

Conditions

Breast Carcinoma

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This clinical trial studies the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in estimating tissue pressure in patients with breast cancer. Diagnostic procedures, such as CEUS, may help estimate tissue pressure noninvasively.

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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Scan for the Estimation of Tissue Pressure in Patients With Breast Cancer

Condition
Breast Carcinoma
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Philadelphia

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Provide signed and dated informed consent form
  • * Be conscious, willing and able to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study
  • * At least 21 years old
  • * Be scheduled for a breast biopsy (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System \[BIRAD\] 4, 4A, 4B, 4C or 5)
  • * Patient with an at least 1 cm mass located at \< 3 cm depth, approachable by 2.5 inch needle
  • * Be medically stable as determined by the investigator
  • * If a female of child-bearing potential, must have a negative urine pregnancy test within 24 hours prior to administration of Definity
  • * Females who are pregnant or nursing
  • * Patients who are medically unstable, patients who are seriously or terminally ill, and patients whose clinical course is unpredictable. For example:
  • * Patients on life support or in a critical care unit
  • * Patients with unstable occlusive disease (e.g., crescendo angina)
  • * Patients with clinically unstable cardiac arrhythmias, such as recurrent ventricular tachycardia
  • * Patients with uncontrolled congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] class IV)
  • * Patients with recent cerebral hemorrhage
  • * Patients who have undergone surgery within 24 hours prior to the study sonographic examination
  • * Patients with known hypersensitivity or allergy to any component of Definity
  • * Patients with unstable cardiopulmonary conditions or respiratory distress syndrome
  • * Patients with uncontrollable emphysema, pulmonary vasculitis, pulmonary hypertension or a history of pulmonary emboli

Ages Eligible for Study

21 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Thomas Jefferson University,

Study Record Dates

2025-01-01