Surgery to Remove Sentinel Lymph Nodes With or Without Removing Lymph Nodes in the Armpit in Treating Women With Breast Cancer
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00003830. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Randomized, Phase III Clinical Trial to Compare Sentinel Node Resection to Conventional Axillary Dissection in Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
RATIONALE: Removing the sentinel lymph nodes and examining them under a microscope may help plan more effective surgery for breast cancer. It is not yet known if surgery to remove the sentinel lymph nodes is more effective with or without removal of the lymph nodes in the armpit in treating breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery to remove the sentinel lymph nodes with or without removal of lymph nodes in the armpit in treating women who have breast cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00003830
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 5,611 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- conventional surgery Procedure
- Sentinel node resection followed by node examination Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 1999 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2010 (Actual)
- Completion
- Feb 2014 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Dec 13, 2017
1999 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 68
- U.S. states
- 34
- U.S. cities
- 64
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MBCCOP - Gulf Coast | Mobile | Alabama | 36688 | — |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Little Rock | Arkansas | 72205 | — |
| City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | Duarte | California | 91010-3000 | — |
| Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center | Loma Linda | California | 92354 | — |
| Sutter Breast Cancer Group | Sacramento | California | 95819-5156 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Medical Center/Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego | San Diego | California | 92120 | — |
| Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center | Stanford | California | 94305-5408 | — |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford | Connecticut | 06102-5037 | — |
| MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20060 | — |
| Halifax Medical Center | Daytona Beach | Florida | 32114 | — |
| Baptist Regional Cancer Institute - Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Florida | 32207 | — |
| University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center | Miami Beach | Florida | 33140 | — |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital | Sarasota | Florida | 34239 | — |
| Cancer Research Center of Hawaii | Honolulu | Hawaii | 96813 | — |
| MBCCOP-Cook County Hospital | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Creticos Cancer Center at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60657 | — |
| CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association | Peoria | Illinois | 61602 | — |
| Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46206-1367 | — |
| CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium | South Bend | Indiana | 46601 | — |
| CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association | Des Moines | Iowa | 50309-1016 | — |
| CCOP - Wichita | Wichita | Kansas | 67214-3882 | — |
| Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center at Louisiana State University Medical Center - New Orleans | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70112 | — |
| Tulane University Medical Center | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70112 | — |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center | Bangor | Maine | 04401 | — |
| Franklin Square Hospital Center | Baltimore | Maryland | 21237 | — |
| Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
| University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus | Worcester | Massachusetts | 01655 | — |
| CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48106 | — |
| Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit | Michigan | 48202 | — |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing | Michigan | 48824 | — |
| CCOP - Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| CCOP - Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | Michigan | 49007-3731 | — |
| CCOP - Beaumont | Royal Oaks | Michigan | 48073-6769 | — |
| Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital | Southfield | Michigan | 48075-9975 | — |
| CCOP - Kansas City | Kansas City | Missouri | 64131 | — |
| CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium | Billings | Montana | 59101 | — |
| Methodist Hospital Cancer Center at Nebraska Methodist Hospital - Omaha | Omaha | Nebraska | 68114 | — |
| Cancer Institute of New Jersey | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 08903 | — |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | New Jersey | 07112 | — |
| New York Oncology Hematology, P.C. - Albany Regional Cancer Center | Albany | New York | 12208 | — |
| CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27104-4241 | — |
| Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157-1082 | — |
| CCOP - Merit Care Hospital | Fargo | North Dakota | 58122 | — |
| Akron City Hospital | Akron | Ohio | 44312 | — |
| Aultman Hospital Cancer Center at Aultman Health Foundation | Canton | Ohio | 44710 | — |
| Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, Incorporated | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45236 | — |
| Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45267-0502 | — |
| Ireland Cancer Center | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106-5065 | — |
| CCOP - Columbus | Columbus | Ohio | 43206 | — |
| CCOP - Dayton | Kettering | Ohio | 45429 | — |
| CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program | Portland | Oregon | 97213 | — |
| Geisinger Medical Center | Danville | Pennsylvania | 17822-2001 | — |
| Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107-5541 | — |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15212-4772 | — |
| Reading Hospital and Medical Center | Reading | Pennsylvania | 19612-6052 | — |
| CCOP - MainLine Health | Wynnewood | Pennsylvania | 19096 | — |
| CCOP - Upstate Carolina | Spartanburg | South Carolina | 29303 | — |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | San Antonio | Texas | 78284-7811 | — |
| Utah Valley Regional Medical Center - Provo | Provo | Utah | 84604 | — |
| Huntsman Cancer Institute | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84112 | — |
| Vermont Cancer Center at University of Vermont | Burlington | Vermont | 05401-3498 | — |
| Virginia Oncology Associates - Newport News | Newport News | Virginia | 23606 | — |
| MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center | Richmond | Virginia | 23298-0037 | — |
| Puget Sound Oncology Consortium | Seattle | Washington | 98109 | — |
| CCOP - Northwest | Tacoma | Washington | 98405-0986 | — |
| Camcare Health | Charleston | West Virginia | 25304 | — |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53226 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00003830, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last update posted Dec 13, 2017 · Synced Oct 19, 2026
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