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A study looking at mesh assisted breast implant reconstruction surgery (RESTORE-B)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Open

Phase:

Other

Details

This study is comparing mesh assisted breast implant surgery with non mesh assisted breast implant surgery.

It is open to women who are having an using an implant after a mastectomy:

  • as part of their cancer treatment or

  • to reduce the risk of cancer developing in the future because you have a gene change (mutation)

This is a to find out if the researchers could do a larger trial in the future.

Recruitment start: 19 March 2024

Recruitment end: 31 December 2025

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Rachel Rolph

Supported by

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

University of Oxford

Last reviewed: 1 September 2025

CRUK internal database number: 19661

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