Tablet-based Mobile Health Ultrasound for Point-of-care Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Nigeria (Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle-Income Countries)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Breast Cancer Female

Treatments: Procedure: mHealth US-breast biopsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05561842

21-325

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to train Nigerian radiologists to perform ultrasound-guided breast biopsies. Researchers will use mHealth devices to create a sustainable and practical way of training radiologists in Nigeria to perform and clinically implement US-guided breast biopsies into their practice.

Enrollment: 900 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 and older female.
• Breast ultrasound demonstrating a solid mass that is suspicious for cancer, which would typically undergo either a blind biopsy or surgical excision at the Nigerian hospital where the patient is seeking diagnosis.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants unwilling to sign consent.
• Participants under the age of 18.

Trial design

900 participants in 1 patient group

Participants with a solid mass on breast ultrasound

Description:

Participants will have a solid mass on breast ultrasound that is suspicious for breast cancer.

Treatment:

Procedure: mHealth US-breast biopsy