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Radiation Therapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Who Have Undergone Lumpectomy

A Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing Trastuzumab Given Concurrently With Radiation Therapy and Radiation Therapy Alone for Women With HER2-Positive Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Resected by Lumpectomy

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00769379
Enrollment
2014
Registered
2008-10-09
Start date
2008-12-10
Completion date
2025-06-02
Last updated
2025-06-12

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Conditions

Breast Ductal Carcinoma In Situ

Brief summary

This randomized phase III trial studies radiation therapy to see how well it works with or without trastuzumab in treating women with ductal carcinoma in situ who have undergone lumpectomy. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy is more effective with or without trastuzumab in treating ductal carcinoma in situ.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the value of trastuzumab given during radiation therapy (RT) compared to RT alone in preventing subsequent occurrence of ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence, ipsilateral skin cancer recurrence, or ipsilateral ductal carcinoma in situ (IIBCR-SCR-DCIS) in women with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive DCIS resected by lumpectomy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the value of trastuzumab given during RT compared to RT alone in prolonging invasive or DCIS disease-free survival (IDFS)-DCIS. II. Determine the value of trastuzumab given during RT compared to RT alone in increasing invasive or DCIS recurrence-free interval. III. Determine the value of trastuzumab given during RT compared to RT alone in improving regional or distant recurrence. IV. Determine the value of trastuzumab given during RT compared to RT alone in improving the incidence of contralateral invasive or DCIS breast cancer. V. Determine the value of trastuzumab given during RT compared to RT alone in improving survival. VI. To explore the effect of trastuzumab on ovarian function. TERTIARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if the benefit of trastuzumab added to RT will be significantly higher in v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog (cMYC)-amplified tumors than in the cMYC non-amplified subset. II. To determine if the benefit of trastuzumab added to RT will be less in tumors with mutations in the phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI3) kinase gene than in tumors without PI3 kinase gene mutations. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. ARM I: Patients undergo standard whole breast irradiation (WBI) over 5-6 weeks. ARM II: Patients receive trastuzumab intravenously (IV) over 30-90 minutes once in weeks 1 and 4. Patients also undergo WBI as in Arm I. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for 5 years and then every 12 months for 5 years.

Interventions

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

BIOLOGICALTrastuzumab

Given IV

RADIATIONWhole Breast Irradiation

Undergo standard whole breast irradiation

Sponsors

NRG Oncology
CollaboratorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* The patient must have consented to participate and must have signed and dated an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved consent form that conforms to federal and institutional guidelines for the study treatment and for the pre-entry tumor block submission for HER2 testing and B-43 correlative studies * Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 (0 = fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction; 1 = restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory) * On histologic examination, the tumor must be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (patients with mixed DCIS and lobular carcinoma in situ \[LCIS\] are eligible) * The DCIS must be HER2-positive as determined by central testing * Estrogen and/or progesterone receptor status must be determined prior to randomization (patients with DCIS that is hormone receptor positive or negative are eligible) * All DCIS must have been resected by lumpectomy * The margins of the resected specimen must be histologically free of DCIS; for patients in whom pathologic examination demonstrates DCIS present at the line of resection, re-excision(s) may be performed to obtain clear margins (patients who require mastectomy are not eligible) * If axillary staging is performed, nodal staging must be pN0, pN0(i-), pN0(i+) which is defined as isolated tumor cells =\< 0.2 mm, regardless of the method of detection, i.e., immunohistochemistry (IHC) or hematoxylin & eosin (H&E), pN0(mol-), or pN0(mol+); note: axillary staging is not required * The interval between the last surgery for excision of DCIS (lumpectomy or re-excision of lumpectomy margins) and randomization must be no more than 120 days

Exclusion criteria

* Invasive (including microinvasion staged as T1mic) breast cancer (patients with DCIS suspicious for microinvasion, but not confirmed, are eligible) * Nodal staging of pN1 (including pN1mi) (note: axillary staging is not required) * DCIS present in more than one quadrant (multicentric) * Masses or clusters of calcification that are clinically or mammographically suspicious unless biopsied and proven to be benign (if DCIS is found, the patient is eligible if the DCIS was in the same quadrant of the ipsilateral breast and was resected with clear margins) * Contralateral breast cancer (including DCIS) * Whole breast irradiation administered before randomization (partial breast irradiation is prohibited) * Prior history of breast cancer, including DCIS (patients with a history of LCIS are eligible) * Prior anthracycline chemotherapy for any malignancy * Cardiac disease that would preclude the use of the drugs included in the B-43 treatment regimens; this includes but is not confined to: * Active cardiac disease: * Angina pectoris that requires the use of anti-anginal medication; * Ventricular arrhythmias except for benign premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) controlled by medication; * Conduction abnormality requiring a pacemaker; * Supraventricular and nodal arrhythmias requiring a pacemaker or not controlled with medication; and * Clinically significant valvular disease * History of cardiac disease: * Myocardial infarction documented by elevated cardiac enzymes or persistent regional wall abnormalities on assessment of left ventricular (LV) function; * Documented congestive heart failure; or * Documented cardiomyopathy * Uncontrolled hypertension, i.e., systolic blood pressure \[BP\] greater than 180 mm/Hg and/or diastolic BP greater than 100 mm/Hg (patients with hypertension that is well controlled on medication are eligible) * Other nonmalignant systemic disease that would preclude a patient from receiving trastuzumab or radiation therapy or would prevent prolonged follow-up * Other malignancies unless the patient is considered to be disease-free for 5 or more years prior to randomization and is deemed by her physician to be at low risk for recurrence; patients with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 5 years: carcinoma in situ of the cervix, carcinoma in situ of the colon, melanoma in situ, and basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin * Pregnancy or lactation at the time of study entry (note: pregnancy testing according to institutional standards should be performed for women of child-bearing potential) * Administration of any investigational agent within 30 days before study entry

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Ipsilateral Invasive Breast Cancer, Ipsilateral Skin Cancer Recurrence, or Ipsilateral DCIS-Free Survival5 yearsPatients who are free from Ipsilateral Invasive Breast Cancer, Ipsilateral Skin Cancer Recurrence or Ipsilateral DCIS as estimated by (1- cumulative incidence) x 100%.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Invasive or DCIS Recurrence-free Interval5 yearsCox proportional hazards models will be used to evaluate the effect of treatment on time to event. The distributions of time to event will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method for each treatment group and will be compared between treatments by simple and stratified log-rank tests. Compared across treatment arms using cumulative incidence functions.Percentage of patients who are invasive or DCIS recurrence free estimated by (1-cumulative incidence) x 100%.
Invasive Regional or Distant-Free Recurrence5 yearsPercentage of patients who are free of invasive regional or distant recurrence as estimated by (1 - cumulative incidence) x 100%.
Invasive or DCIS Disease-free Survival5 yearsEvents for analysis of IDFS-DCIS include: local recurrence in the ipsilateral breast following lumpectomy, regional recurrence, distant recurrence, contralateral breast cancer, second primary cancer (other than squamous and basal cell carcinoma of the skin, melanoma in situ, and carcinoma in situ of the colon and cervix), or death from any cause prior to recurrence or second primary cancer. Invasive breast cancer, ipsilateral recurrence, and contralateral breast cancer will be compared across treatment arms using cumulative incidence functions. Percentage of patients by a Kaplan-Meier analysis who are free of invasive or DCIS disease
Overall Survival5 yearsPercentage of patients surviving as estimated by a Kaplan-Meier
Incidence of Post-treatment Amenorrhea in Women Who Were Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry18 monthsProportion of patients who were pre-menopausal at randomization and who self-reported as not having menstrual periods afterwards
Contralateral Breast Cancer (Invasive or DCIS) - Free Survival5 yearsPercentage of patients free of Contralateral Breast Cancer (Invasive or DCIS) as estimated by (1- cumulative incidence) x 100%.

Countries

Canada, Puerto Rico, South Korea, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Standard WBI
Standard WBI (Radiation Therapy)
1,008
WBI, Trastuzumab
WBI, trastuzumab (Radiation Therapy + Trastuzumab x 2 doses. Dose 1: 8 mg/kg IV Dose 2: 6 mg/kg IV-given 3 weeks after dose 1
1,006
Total2,014

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyNo follow up data mapped to Other.313

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicStandard WBIWBI, TrastuzumabTotal
Age, Continuous56 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.3
56 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.7
56 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Latino
45 Participants47 Participants92 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Non-Latino
925 Participants920 Participants1845 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Unknown
38 Participants39 Participants77 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
5 Participants5 Participants10 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
33 Participants43 Participants76 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
59 Participants58 Participants117 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
4 Participants1 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
4 Participants4 Participants8 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
10 Participants10 Participants20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
893 Participants885 Participants1778 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
1008 Participants1006 Participants2014 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
11 / 1,00510 / 993
other
Total, other adverse events
292 / 998254 / 990
serious
Total, serious adverse events
3 / 9989 / 990

Outcome results

Primary

Ipsilateral Invasive Breast Cancer, Ipsilateral Skin Cancer Recurrence, or Ipsilateral DCIS-Free Survival

Patients who are free from Ipsilateral Invasive Breast Cancer, Ipsilateral Skin Cancer Recurrence or Ipsilateral DCIS as estimated by (1- cumulative incidence) x 100%.

Time frame: 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Ipsilateral Invasive Breast Cancer, Ipsilateral Skin Cancer Recurrence, or Ipsilateral DCIS-Free Survival95.1 percentage of patients event free
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Ipsilateral Invasive Breast Cancer, Ipsilateral Skin Cancer Recurrence, or Ipsilateral DCIS-Free Survival96.1 percentage of patients event free
Secondary

Contralateral Breast Cancer (Invasive or DCIS) - Free Survival

Percentage of patients free of Contralateral Breast Cancer (Invasive or DCIS) as estimated by (1- cumulative incidence) x 100%.

Time frame: 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Contralateral Breast Cancer (Invasive or DCIS) - Free Survival97.9 percentage of patients event free
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Contralateral Breast Cancer (Invasive or DCIS) - Free Survival98.4 percentage of patients event free
Secondary

Incidence of Post-treatment Amenorrhea in Women Who Were Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry

Proportion of patients who were pre-menopausal at randomization and who self-reported as not having menstrual periods afterwards

Time frame: 18 months

Population: All patients who reported being postmenopausal at randomization who later self-reported as yes or no to whether or not they had menstrual periods.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Incidence of Post-treatment Amenorrhea in Women Who Were Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry63 percentage of participants
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Incidence of Post-treatment Amenorrhea in Women Who Were Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry Premenopausal at the Time of Study Entry72 percentage of participants
Secondary

Invasive or DCIS Disease-free Survival

Events for analysis of IDFS-DCIS include: local recurrence in the ipsilateral breast following lumpectomy, regional recurrence, distant recurrence, contralateral breast cancer, second primary cancer (other than squamous and basal cell carcinoma of the skin, melanoma in situ, and carcinoma in situ of the colon and cervix), or death from any cause prior to recurrence or second primary cancer. Invasive breast cancer, ipsilateral recurrence, and contralateral breast cancer will be compared across treatment arms using cumulative incidence functions. Percentage of patients by a Kaplan-Meier analysis who are free of invasive or DCIS disease

Time frame: 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Invasive or DCIS Disease-free Survival88.4 percentage of patients event free
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Invasive or DCIS Disease-free Survival90.6 percentage of patients event free
Secondary

Invasive or DCIS Recurrence-free Interval

Cox proportional hazards models will be used to evaluate the effect of treatment on time to event. The distributions of time to event will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method for each treatment group and will be compared between treatments by simple and stratified log-rank tests. Compared across treatment arms using cumulative incidence functions.Percentage of patients who are invasive or DCIS recurrence free estimated by (1-cumulative incidence) x 100%.

Time frame: 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Invasive or DCIS Recurrence-free Interval94.4 percentage of patients event free
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Invasive or DCIS Recurrence-free Interval95.8 percentage of patients event free
Secondary

Invasive Regional or Distant-Free Recurrence

Percentage of patients who are free of invasive regional or distant recurrence as estimated by (1 - cumulative incidence) x 100%.

Time frame: 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Invasive Regional or Distant-Free Recurrence99.9 percentage of patients event free
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Invasive Regional or Distant-Free Recurrence99.9 percentage of patients event free
Secondary

Overall Survival

Percentage of patients surviving as estimated by a Kaplan-Meier

Time frame: 5 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm I (Standard WBI)Overall Survival98.9 percentage of patients surviving
Arm II (WBI, Trastuzumab)Overall Survival99.0 percentage of patients surviving

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026