Pre-pectoral AlloDerm® to Reinforce Tissues in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Breast Cancer, Cancer, Post-Surgical Pain, Hospital
Therapuetic Areas:Musculoskeletal, Oncology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:3/13/2019
Start Date:October 1, 2017
End Date:June 30, 2020
Contact:Charalampos Siotos, MD
Email:csiotos1@jhmi.edu
Phone:(410)-955-7566

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The Use of Complete AlloDerm® Coverage in Two-stage Tissue Expansion and Implant Placement in the Subcutaneous (Pre-pectoral) Plane: a Prospective Pilot

Primary Objective:

• To describe postoperative static pain scores on the Pain Visual Analog Scale at Day 1 in a
population of women undergoing bilateral mastectomy followed by immediate, bilateral
pre-pectoral tissue expander breast reconstruction reinforced with AlloDerm® coverage.

Secondary Objectives:

- To describe postoperative static and dynamic pain scores on the Pain Visual Analog Scale
and Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form at Day 1-60 after tissue expander placement

- To describe nausea/vomiting, and opioid use at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after
mastectomy and tissue expander placement.

- To describe short-term changes in Quality of Life scores after mastectomy and tissue
expander placement.

- To describe postoperative complication rates at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after
mastectomy and tissue expander placement.

- To describe nausea/vomiting, and opioid use at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after final
reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant.

- To describe short-term changes in Quality of Life scores after final reconstruction with
tissue expander exchange for permanent implant.

- To describe postoperative complication rates at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after final
reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant.

- To describe postoperative rates of breast animation deformity at Day 7, 30, and 60 after
final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant.

- To describe average hospital length of stay in patients after final reconstruction with
tissue expander exchange for permanent implant.

- To describe the patient's final assessment of pre-pectoral reconstruction from free-form
text.

Tertiary Objectives:

• To measure cosmetic result and associated residual pain with Alloderm® reinforcement of
breast pocket.

Study participants meeting inclusion criteria will be enrolled prior to surgery. Once the
patient has been seen by one of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved study
physicians at the initial clinic visit and informed consent has been obtained, pre-study
patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaires will be distributed and collected by one of the
IRB-approved healthcare providers (i.e. medical assistant, nurse, nurse-practitioner, or
plastic surgeon). These questionnaires include the Pain Visual Analog Scale, the Patient Pain
Assessment Questionnaire which assesses static and dynamic pain as well as nausea and
interference with sleep, the Subjective Pain Survey, the preoperative Breast-Q:
Reconstruction Module, the SF-36, and the Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form. Participants will
then be asked to complete a general patient history form.

Patients will undergo bilateral mastectomy followed by immediate, bilateral pre-pectoral
tissue expander breast reconstruction with complete AlloDerm® coverage. Patients who are
determined to be poor surgical candidates intra-operatively will be excluded from the study
and receive standard of care reconstruction. All patient-specific surgical details will be
recorded intra-operatively. See Figure 1 for a schematic of the first stage of
reconstruction: bilateral mastectomy and tissue expander placement.

Following the surgery, postoperative pain will be assessed by the Pain Visual Analog Scale
(VAS), the Patient Pain Assessment Questionnaire, and the Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form
(BPI-SF); pain medication/opioid use and nausea/vomiting will be assessed by the
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) Intensity Scale; and adverse events (AEs)/serious
adverse events (SAEs) and the occurrence of complications (seroma, hematoma, cellulitis, and
infection requiring expander removal) will be assessed by staff during the hospital stay (Day
1, Day 2, Day 3) and on Day 7 (±2 days) when participants return to clinic for the first
follow-up visit after mastectomy and tissue expander placement. At this visit on Day 7, an
updated medical history will be completed, pain medication and opioid use will be recorded,
and participant complications/AEs/SAEs assessed. In order to minimize missing data,
participants will be educated by an IRB-approved member to complete all possible
questionnaire items. Furthermore, in order to avoid expectancy-bias, study team members will
ensure that patients complete the PRO questionnaires before meeting with study healthcare
providers for all postoperative follow-up appointments. Following the completion of all
assessments on Day 7, patients will undergo initiation of tissue expander expansion carefully
recording the rate and volume of fill.

Longer-term quality-of-life/health outcomes assessments will be performed on postoperative
Day 30 (±4 days) and Day 60 (±7 days) after the initiation of tissue expander expansion.
During these visits, pain scores (Pain Visual Analog Scale, Patient Pain Assessment
Questionnaire, and Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form), pain medication/opioid use,
postoperative Breast-Q, and SF-36 questionnaires will be administered. Day 60 follow-up is
included as a tertiary endpoint to capture differences in residual pain. Patients will be
asked to complete the same questionnaires as at the Day 30 follow-up.

Following final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant, typically
three months after mastectomy and tissue expander placement, all PRO questionnaires,
postoperative static and dynamic pain, nausea/vomiting/opioid use, short-term changes in
Quality of Life, complication rates, average hospital length of stay and residual pain will
be assessed. Additionally, on Day 30, and Day 60 after permanent implant placement patients
will be photographed comparing the breasts at rest and with pectoralis muscle flexion to
assess for breast animation deformity using the Spear 4-point grading system. They will then
be imaged using "VECTRA® XT 3D" digital imaging technology ("CANFIELD Scientific", Inc.) on
Day 60. Differences in breast volume, surface area, shape, size, contour, and symmetry will
be evaluated using the "VECTRA® XT" Analysis Module software. Day 60 follow-up is included as
a tertiary endpoint to capture differences in cosmetic result and residual pain after final
reconstruction. Patients will be asked to complete the same questionnaires as at the Day 30
follow-up. See Figure 2 for a schematic of the second stage of reconstruction: tissue
expander exchange for permanent implant.

*Patients will be called the morning of their Day 7, Day 30, and Day 60 appointments as a
reminder. In the event they are unable to attend, every attempt will be made to reschedule
within 2, 4, and 7 days, respectively.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Be women, aged 18-75 years.

- Choose bilateral mastectomy (therapeutic or prophylactic) followed by immediate,
bilateral pre-pectoral tissue expander breast reconstruction with complete AlloDerm®
coverage.

- Have no inflammatory breast cancers.

- Be aware of the nature of her malignancy.

- Understand the study purpose, requirements, and risks.

- Be able and willing to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Plan to undergo final reconstruction with autologous material.

- Allergies to gentamicin, cefoxitin, lincomycin, vancomycin, or polymixin (antibiotics
used in the pre-treatment of AlloDerm®).

- Active connective tissue disease.

- Current smokers.

- History of, or plan to undergo irradiation of the breasts.
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