Clinical trial NCT01964105: 3D Breast Imaging for Cosmetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery
Official title: 3D Breast Imaging for Cosmetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery: Does 3D Improve Patient Reported Outcomes in Primary Breast Augmentation?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hypomastia
Primary Breast Augmentation
Keywords: Hypomastia
Augmentation
Breast
3D
Breast Q
Lead sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Allergan
First posted: 2013-10-17
Enrollment: 100
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the impact of incorporating three-dimensional (3D)imaging during preoperative consultation on patient reported outcomes in primary breast augmentation surgery. 3D imaging is an innovative technology that allows the surgeon to share with images how one could look after one's procedure. The patient's assessment will be collected using the Breast Q, an objective questionnaire that captures patient satisfaction with breast augmentation.

Detailed description: Consultation for primary breast augmentation involves clear communication between patient and surgeon to select the implant and manage expectations. Tissue-based planning strategies rely on tissue characteristics and measurements to produce safe and reproducible aesthetic outcomes. The implementation of sizers in the preoperative consultation and a greater emphasis on patient aesthetic goals have also proven to be favorable strategies. Recently, many plastic surgeons have started to incorporate three-dimensional (3D) photography and computer simulation into their preoperative consultation process. The accuracy of computer simulation for volume assessment of breast augmentation is reportedly ≥90%, and patients demonstrate a preference for consultations involving simulation.Support for computer simulation, however, is not unanimous.

Quantitative analyses, prospective study designs, and utilization of validated health-related quality of life metrics have been recommended to more thoroughly scrutinize implant selection systems and outcomes in aesthetic surgery.Mammometrics yields numerical data useful for quantifying changes in breast morphology after breast reduction, reconstruction with implants, and augmentation. The BREAST-Q represents the most comprehensive and quantitative method for patient self-assessment following breast surgery, and has gained traction as a patient-reported outcomes instrument for breast augmentation. To date, there are no studies that focus on the impact of simulation on patient-reported outcomes in breast augmentation, as measured with the validated BREAST-Q. Furthermore, there is minimal data examining correlations between patient-reported outcomes and mammometrics.

The purpose of this study was to conduct a prospective, clinical trial to evaluate the impact of 3D imaging and simulation used during the preoperative consultation on postoperative patient-reported outcomes and quantitative changes in breast morphology. We hypothesized that computer simulation would facilitate patient education and surgical planning, thus leading to quantitatively higher patient-reported outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 years or older
* Scheduled for elective breast augmentation cosmetic procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Breast reconstruction for malignancy
* Cognitively unable to provide informed consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Breast Q Augmentation Module
timeFrame: up to 6 months postop visit.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: West County Plastic Surgeons of Washington University
state: Missouri
Study officials:
affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
name: Terence M Myckatyn, MD, FACS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Tepper OM, Unger JG, Small KH, Feldman D, Kumar N, Choi M, Karp NS. Mammometrics: the standardization of aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jan;125(1):393-400. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c4966e. No abstract available.
citation: Pusic AL, Klassen AF, Scott AM, Klok JA, Cordeiro PG, Cano SJ. Development of a new patient-reported outcome measure for breast surgery: the BREAST-Q. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Aug;124(2):345-353. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181aee807.
citation: Overschmidt B, Qureshi AA, Parikh RP, Yan Y, Tenenbaum MM, Myckatyn TM. A Prospective Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Image Simulation: Patient-Reported Outcomes and Mammometrics in Primary Breast Augmentation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Aug;142(2):133e-144e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004601.