Sonography of the Nipple Areolar Complex

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Thick layer of conventional ultrasound coupling gel; Diagnostic Test: Thin layer conventional ultrasound coupling gel; Diagnostic Test: Thick conventional ultrasound coupling gel pad; Diagnostic Test: Thin conventional ultrasound coupling gel pad

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06441188

24-004909

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine ultrasound scanning techniques of the nipple areolar complex (NAC) that provide optimal diagnostic imaging features.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Female, Age of 18 or older; no breast cancer; no breast symptom.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects lacking capacity to consent; vulnerable subjects such as prisoners.

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria may apply.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy Subjects

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy volunteers with no breast cancer or breast symptoms. Subjects will undergo 1 hour of non-invasive ultrasound scanning of the nipple and its adjacent tissues.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Thin conventional ultrasound coupling gel pad

Diagnostic Test: Thick conventional ultrasound coupling gel pad

Diagnostic Test: Thin layer conventional ultrasound coupling gel

Diagnostic Test: Thick layer of conventional ultrasound coupling gel