Mammography, Early Detection Biomarkers, Risk Assessment, and Imaging Technologies, MERIT
This study collects mammogram images, blood samples, and clinical information from women undergoing routine screening mammograms. Creating a bank of blood samples and a database of clinical and risk information may be used in future research related to breast cancer, other cancers, and women's health.
| Condition(s) | Breast Carcinoma |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Study type | Observational |
| Summary | This study collects mammogram images, blood samples, and clinical information from women undergoing routine screening mammograms. Creating a bank of blood samples and a database of clinical and risk information may be used in future research related to breast cancer, other cancers, and women's health. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Willingness to participate in the study and ability to provide informed consent * Willingness to complete a questionnaire and to provide a blood sample at the initial visit and at follow up annual visits * Undergoing a screening mammogram at participating sites. Subjects undergoing routine annual diagnostic mammograms or CEM as part of a screening study are also eligible. Exclusion Criteria: * Current or recent (within the prior 6 months) history of breast feeding * Personal history of breast cancer (ductal breast carcinoma in situ \[DCIS\] or invasive breast cancer) * Personal history of any other cancer (excluding in-situ, stage 0, and non-melanoma skin cancers and other pre-cancerous conditions) treated within the last 5 years. |
| Ages | 25 Years to 80 Years |
| Sex | Female |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| Locations | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Start date | 2017-09-15 |
| NCT ID | NCT03408353 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03408353 |