Role of following up patients with breast cancer with a mammogram in detecting recurrence

ISRCTN ISRCTN37620362
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN37620362
Submission date
15/02/2021
Registration date
20/02/2021
Last edited
30/03/2023
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Routinely women who are diagnosed with breast cancer will be followed with a yearly mammogram (an X-ray test) for a minimum of 5 years. There is a little evidence that routine mammogram follow-up of patients treated for early breast cancer helps to detect recurrences or new cancers. The aim of this study is to follow up patients with early breast cancer for recurrences and new primary cancers in order to determine the role of mammogram follow up.

Who can participate?
Patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer either by screening or presented with symptoms from 2001 to 2006.

What does the study involve?
This is an observational study that follows up patients who had breast cancer from 2001 to 2006 for a minimum of 10 years or until recurrence of cancer to find out whether this recurrence was detected by follow-up mammogram.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
There are no expected benefits or risks for participants

Where is the study run from?
Addenbrooke’s Hospital (UK)

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
October 2015 to January 2016

Who is funding the study?
Investigator initiated and funded

Who is the main contact?
Wafa Taher
Wafa.taher@nhs.net

Contact information

Miss Wafa Taher
Scientific

41 Goodwood Court
54 57 Devonshire Street
London
W1W 5EF
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)7808666349
Email wafa.taher@nhs.net

Study information

Study designSingle-centre retrospective primary observational study
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCohort study
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeDiagnostic
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a participant information sheet
Scientific titleThe effectiveness of mammography surveillance after treatment of primary breast cancer: a single-centre retrospective cohort study
Study acronymMaSATPriBrCa
Study objectivesIs mammography surveillance after treatment of primary breast cancer efficient at detecting recurrence and new primaries?
Ethics approval(s)Access to patients’ data was obtained through an official data request to Addenbrooke’s Hospital Research Department. Formal ethics committee clearance was not needed as this was a service evaluation.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedNew breast cancer/recurrence in patients with primary breast cancer after treatment
InterventionPatients who had primary breast cancer during the years 2001 to 2006 were included and followed up for a minimum of 10 years. Patients who developed recurrence/new primaries are studied to find if that incident was picked up by a mammogram. All data are collected from the hospital database.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureEffectiveness of follow-up mammography at detecting recurrences/new cancers, measured using the hospital database with a minimum of 10 years of follow-up
Secondary outcome measuresThe rate of detection of recurrence/new primaries by mammogram between patients whose original tumour was detected by screening and those who presented symptomatically, measured using the hospital database with a minimum of 10 years of follow-up
Overall study start date01/10/2015
Completion date01/01/2016

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexFemale
Target number of participants2552
Total final enrolment2530
Key inclusion criteriaPatients who had primary breast cancer during year 2001 to 2006
Key exclusion criteria1. Patients with distant metastasis or regional recurrence (chest wall, mastectomy scar or axilla)
2. Patients who were lost to follow-up or had no records
3. Patients who died because of reasons other than breast cancer during 10 years of follow-up and who were recurrence-free at the time of death
Date of first enrolment01/01/2001
Date of final enrolment30/06/2006

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Breast Unit
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University of East Anglia
University/education

Norwich Research Park
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
England
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)1603 456161
Email communications@uea.ac.uk
Website https://www.uea.ac.uk/
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Funders

Funder type

Other

Investigator initiated and funded

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date28/02/2021
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareYes
IPD sharing plan summaryAvailable on request
Publication and dissemination planPlanned publication in a high-impact peer-reviewed journal. No additional documents are available.
IPD sharing planThe datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are/will be available upon request from Wafa Taher (wafa.taher@nhs.net).

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 09/04/2021 30/03/2023 Yes No

Editorial Notes

30/03/2023: Publication reference added.
18/02/2021: Trial's existence confirmed by Cambridge Breast Cancer Research Unit.