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Mammography, Early Detection Biomarkers, Risk Assessment, and Imaging Technologies, MERIT Study

MERIT (Mammography, Early Detection Biomarkers, Risk Assessment, and Imaging Technologies) Cohort

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
25 Years to 80 Years
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 5 years
  • Procedures mentioned: Blood draws, Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "This study collects mammogram images, blood samples, and clinical information from women undergoing routine screening mammograms."
  • "Creating a bank of blood samples and a database of clinical and risk information may be used in future research related to breast cancer, other cancers, and women's health."
  • "To create a comprehensive integrated database of imaging, clinical data, health measurements, and questionnaire data on the study participants."
  • "Participants also undergo standard of care mammography at baseline and then annually for 5 years."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

The MERIT study collects mammogram images, blood samples, and health information from women having routine breast screening. These may be used in future research on breast cancer, other cancers, and women's health.

This study collects mammogram images, blood samples, and clinical information from women undergoing routine screening mammograms. Creating a bank of blood samples and a database of clinical and risk information may be used in future research related to breast cancer, other cancers, and women's health.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Willing to join the study and able to give informed consent, meaning you understand and agree to take part.
  • Willing to fill out a questionnaire and give blood at the first visit and yearly follow-up visits.
  • Having a screening mammogram at a study site. Routine yearly diagnostic mammograms (more detailed breast X-rays) also qualify, as do contrast-enhanced mammograms (CEM, which use dye) done as part of a screening study.

Who can't join

  • Breastfeeding now or within the past 6 months.
  • Have ever had breast cancer, including DCIS (cancer that stays inside the milk ducts) or invasive breast cancer (cancer that has spread into nearby breast tissue).
  • Had another cancer treated within the past 5 years. This does not include in-situ or stage 0 cancers (cancers that have not spread beyond where they started), non-melanoma skin cancers, or changes that may become cancer.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Willingness to participate in the study and ability to provide informed consent * Willingness to complete a questionnaire and to provide a blood sample at the initial visit and at follow up annual visits * Undergoing a screening mammogram at participating sites. Subjects undergoing routine annual diagnostic mammograms or CEM as part of a screening study are also eligible. Exclusion Criteria: * Current or recent (within the prior 6 months) history of breast feeding * Personal history of breast cancer (ductal breast carcinoma in situ \[DCIS\] or invasive breast cancer) * Personal history of any other cancer (excluding in-situ, stage 0, and non-melanoma skin cancers and other pre-cancerous conditions) treated within the last 5 years.

Study sites (1)

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