Feasibility Study Assessing the Treatment of Fibroadenomata With a Circumferential Sonication Treatment With HIFU
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02139683 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 15, 2014
Last Update Posted : May 30, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Fibroadenoma | Device: HIFU treatment | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Fibroadenomata (HIFU-F) |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2016 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: HIFU treatment
HIFU treatment in patient diagnosed with fibroadenoma
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Device: HIFU treatment
HIFU treatment in patients with fibroadenoma
Other Name: Echopulse |
- Changes in size of fibroadenomata as recorded on ultrasound imaging [ Time Frame: Month 1, Month 3, Month 12 ]
- Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Month 1, Month 3, Month 12 ]
- Patient recorded outcomes measures [ Time Frame: Month 1, Month 3, Month 12 ]Patient questionnaires and VAS scales
- Mean treatment time [ Time Frame: Treatment visit date ]
- Cost-effectiveness [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients >18 years of age
- Fibroadenomata diagnosed according to local hospital protocol; ultrasound alone on patients <25 and ultrasound plus core-biopsy in patients >25 (Graded B2 or less)
- Visible on ultrasound (Graded U2/U3)
- Definitive diagnosis of fibroadenomata confirmed by the Breast multi-disciplinary team meeting (MDT).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lesion with atypia or suspicion of phyllodes (Graded B3 or greater)
- Pregnant or lactating women
- History of laser or radiation therapy to the targeted breast

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02139683
United Kingdom | |
Kings College London, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals, Department of Research Oncology | |
London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RT |
Principal Investigator: | Michael Douek, MD | King's College London |
Responsible Party: | Theraclion |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02139683 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HIFU-F |
First Posted: | May 15, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 30, 2018 |
Last Verified: | May 2018 |
Fibroadenoma Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue Neoplasms, Connective Tissue |
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |