Autopsy report · NCT00502814

3-Dimensional Form and Soft Tissue Biomechanics of the Breast

“Sample size too small for data analysis.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 4 years 6 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 8 years 9 months before it stopped.
• 45 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Interventions

3-D Optical Surface Scan; Mechanical Testing; Cutaneous Ultrasound; Breast MRI and/or CT

Participants

45

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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  “Inability to reach the estimated sample size” (69% match in meaning)
• Gastric Accommodation and Gastroesophageal Reflux
  “the study failed in recruiting the required number of subjects (sample size) during its period” (61% match in meaning)
• Intra-Operative Corticosteroid Injection During Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
  “It was difficult to recruit patients to get the appropriate sample size.” (61% match in meaning)
• Computer Assisted Volumetric Analysis of CT-Identified Metastatic Pulmonary Or Hepatic Lesions
  “Low participant enrollment, Insufficient findings for data analysis” (60% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.