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NCT Number: NCT05113927

Wide Field OCT + AI for Positive Margin Rates in Breast Conservation Surgery.

This is a multi-center, randomized, two-arm study designed to measure the effectiveness of the SELENE system in reducing the number of unaddressed positive margins in breast lumpectomy procedures when used in addition to standard intraoperative margin assessment.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Female
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Patients undergoing elective breast conservation surgery for the treatment of Stage 0-III invasive ductal and/or ductal carcinoma in situ
  • May include subjects treated with neo-adjuvant therapy (endocrine and/or chemotherapeutic), but not required for study inclusion
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

  • Male
  • Metastatic cancer (Stage IV)
  • Lobular carcinoma as primary diagnosis
  • Previous ipsilateral breast surgery for benign or malignant disease within two years (this includes implants and breast augmentation)
  • Subjects with multi-centric disease (histologically diagnosed cancer in two different quadrants of the breast), unless resected in a single specimen
  • Subjects with bilateral disease (diagnosed cancer in both breasts)
  • Participating in any other investigational margin assessment study which can influence collection of valid data under this study
  • Use of cryo-assisted localization
  • Currently lactating
  • Current pregnancy
  • Subjects for whom the specimen margins have been destroyed, damaged, or are otherwise not intact prior to imaging (device arm only) imaging

Treatment and study plan

Selene

Device

SELENE imaging of all margins, with record of each margin assessment and an opportunity to excise tissue from the lumpectomy cavity post-imaging. The new margin will be imaged with SELENE and the surgeon will record the assessment and may take additional tissue (up to a maximum of six total shaves, including up to two shaves in each orientation) or record why no further tissue may be taken.

Primary outcomes

  1. Participants With at Least One Unaddressed Positive Margin

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    This endpoint is a within-subject comparison of the occurrence of at least one unaddressed positive margin following standard of care (SOC) alone versus after the adjunctive use of the device (SOC + Device).

    An "unaddressed margin" is an actionable margin where the surgeon could have excised additional tissue but which is determined to be positive by pathology.

    Positive margin criteria follow NCCN and SSO/ASTRO guidelines: "ink on tumor" for invasive carcinoma and < 2 mm for DCIS.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Number of Unaddressed Positive Margins Per Subject.

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    This measure is a within-subject comparison of the mean number of unaddressed positive margins determined through histopathology following SOC treatment alone versus SOC + Device use. An "unaddressed margin" is defined as a final margin where further tissue could have been excised but which was determined to be positive by pathology.

  2. False Positive Shaves Per Subject

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    A within-subject comparison of the number of "false-positive" shaves, defined as any shave where pathology reported no presence of cancer (cancer-free), taken during SOC alone vs. the supplemental use of the Device.

  3. Margin-level Effectiveness (National Guidelines)

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    According to the joint consensus guidelines by the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), a positive margin for invasive carcinoma is defined as "ink on tumor" (1). For ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), including DCIS with microinvasion (DCISM), the NCCN defines a positive margin as <2 mm and DCIS with microinvasion is further characterized as an invasive focus ≤1 mm in size) (2). For cases involving invasive carcinoma with a DCIS component, the SSO/ASTRO Guidelines apply the same definition of a positive margin-"ink on tumor"-to both invasive carcinoma and DCIS. Similarly, for participants who have undergone neo-adjuvant therapy, the "ink on tumor" definition is used for both invasive carcinoma and DCIS

  4. Margin-level Effectiveness (National Guidelines) (Continued)

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    A post-hoc analysis was conducted to assess accuracy as an additional measure of margin-level effectiveness for clinical decisions aided by the B-Series, with the following definition in the Full Analysis Set based on terms as defined in SAP Table 1b, where T=true, F=false, M=missing, P=positive, and N=negative. Clinical decision accuracy = (TP+TN)/(TP+TN+FN+FP+MP+MN).

    This analysis does not reflect true (per margin) sensitivity or specificity of device standalone performance but instead measures clinical decisions aided with the Device after SOC was completed.

  5. Subject-Level Effectiveness (Pathology Guidelines)

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    Subject-Level Effectiveness of Clinical Decisions aided with Device on Final SOC Margins with "Ground Truth" Pathology results Based on NCCN and SSO/ASTRO Guidelines

  6. Subject-level Effectiveness (Pathology Guidelines) (Continued)

    Time frame: Index Surgery (Baseline timepoint for intraoperative margin assessment) until receipt of final ground truth histopathology report (Approximately 3-7 days post Index Surgery)

    This analysis does not reflect true (per subject) sensitivity or specificity of device standalone performance but instead measures clinical decisions aided with the Device after SOC was completed.

Other outcomes

  1. Safety Outcome - Adverse Events

    Time frame: At the time of Index Surgery through Post-Operative Follow Up Visit and concluded with the completion of the post-operation BREAST-Q questionnaire for each enrolled participant, conducted between 4 and 12 weeks post-surgery.

    Assessed by recording all adverse events for the duration of the study and then analyzing by seriousness, severity, and device/SELENE procedure-relatedness.

  2. Safety Outcome - Patient Reported Outcome

    Time frame: Prior to index surgical visit and between 4-12 weeks post-surgical date

    The BREAST-Q BCT (v2.0) assessed breast satisfaction using a 0-100 scale. The questionnaire includes pre- and post-operative scales, each using a range from 0 (very dissatisfied) to 100 (very satisfied) Pre-operative surveys were given after consent, while post-operative surveys were completed 4-12 weeks after surgery. This window ensured data was collected before radiation therapy to avoid confounding cosmetic results. To measure changes, three identical questions scored 1-4 were analyzed, with positive values indicating improved satisfaction. Descriptive statistics were reported by treatment arm and for a subgroup without oncoplastic closures. For missing data, if at least 50% of items were answered, the mean score was imputed for the total; otherwise, the scale was not scored. This methodology ensured satisfaction was captured before adjuvant treatments impacted outcomes.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Perimeter Medical Imaging

Industry

Collaborators

  • Biostatistical Consulting, Inc.
  • Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
  • Proxima CRO

Registry information

Official study title

A Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized, Double-arm Trial to Determine the Impact of the SELENE System on Positive Margin Rates in Breast Conservation Surgery.

Acronym: RCT

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Nov 9, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 13, 2026

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