Skip to content

Prospective study of wide excision and endocrine therapy WithOut RadioTHerapy (WORTH) for node-negative estrogen receptor positive early breast cancer with histologically negative margins (WORTH trial)(No.3)

Prospective study of wide excision and endocrine therapy WithOut RadioTHerapy (WORTH) for node-negative estrogen receptor positive early breast cancer with histologically negative margins (WORTH trial)(No.3) - Prospective study of wide excision and endocrine therapy WithOut RadioTHerapy (WORTH) for early breast cancer (WORTH trial)(No.3)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000000535
Enrollment
200
Registered
2006-12-10
Start date
2006-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

early breast cancer

Interventions

tamoxifen complete tumor resection

Sponsors

a Grant-in-Aid for research of cancer treatment from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (No.17-7)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. tumor size is 3 cm or smaller on palpation 2. pathologically axillary node negative (or no metastasis in sentinel node(s) if only sentinel node biopsy was done) and no distant metastasis or a case of ductal carcinoma in situ 3. No preoperative treatments including chemotherapy, endocrine therapy and radiotherapy 4. 40 to 49 years old at definitive surgery 5. a tumor was resected with wide local excision and the pathological margins were negative (tumor cells must be absent in the zone of 5mm or more from the margins) 6. no pathological findings of lymph vessel invasion 7. estrogen receptor positive in the primary tumor 8. within 8 weeks after the definitive surgery 9. a written informed consent was obtained

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. multicentricity of the tumor is suspected 2. past history of breast cancer or synchronous bilateral breast cancer 3. trastuzumab treatment is planned 4. the patient has mental disorder 5. any reason the physician believes that the patient is not appropriate to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
In-breast recurrence rate

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactShozo Ohsumi

National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center Breast Oncology

sosumi@shikoku-cc.go.jp089-999-1111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026