Breast Cancer Plasma Adjuvant Intra-operative Treatment (Breast Cancer PAINT) (NCT06222788)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the safety of the use of non-thermal plasma (NTP, an ionized gas) on the tumor bed after the removal of the tumor in breast cancer patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * To determine the safe and tolerable dose of NTP in patients with breast cancer; * To assess the safety and tolerability of NTP; * To assess the cosmetic effects of NTP treatment in patients with breast cancer. Participants will receive one treatment of the tumor bed after the removal of their breast tumor.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (4 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (9 items).
Location: Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - CHUM — Montreal, Quebec
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment for the tumor of interest (including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy).
- Patient planning to or undergoing intraoperative radiotherapy.
- Diabetes (types I and II).
- Hypercortisolism.
- Collagen vascular disease.
- Patient requiring systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone or its equivalent.
- Patient receiving daily chemotherapy for rheumatological conditions.
- Pregnancy (a urine pregnancy test must be obtained for non-sterile women of childbearing potential prior to surgery).
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - CHUM — Montreal, Quebec
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.