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Medico-economic Interest of Taking Into Account Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) to Determine the Kind of First Line Treatment for Metastatic, Hormone-receptors Positive, Breast Cancers

Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Medico-economic Interest of Taking Into Account Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) to Determine the Kind of First Line Treatment for Metastatic, Hormone-receptors Positive, Breast Cancers.

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01710605
Enrollment
800
Registered
2012-10-19
Start date
2012-02-29
Completion date
2018-09-30
Last updated
2018-04-09

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

Conditions

Ductal Infiltrating Metastatic Breast Cancer, Hormone-receptors Positive Breast Cancer

Keywords

Circulating tumor cells, Breast Cancer, Hormone-receptors positive

Brief summary

The STIC CTC study is a randomized trial to evaluate the medico-economic interest of taking into account circulating tumor cells (CTC) to determine the kind of first line treatment for metastatic, hormone-receptors positive, breast cancers. In the standard arm, the kind of treatment will be decided by clinicians, taking into account the criteria usually used in this setting. In the CTC arm, the type of treatment will be decided by CTC count: hormone-therapy if \<5CTC/7.5mll (CellSearch technique) or chemotherapy if =5. The main medical objective is to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the CTC-based strategy for the progression-free survival: 994 patients are needed, and will be accrued in French cancer centers. Secondary clinical objectives are to compare toxicity, quality of life and overall survival between the two arms. The medico-economic study will compare cost per progression-free life years gained of the two strategies. The financial impact of centralized (one platform) vs decentralized (several platforms) CTC testing will be evaluated.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALCirculating tumor cells counting at baseline

20 ml blood sample collected before randomization

Sponsors

Institut Curie
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Women with metastatic ductal adenocarcinoma breast cancer * 18 years old or more * Hormone receptors positive breast cancer (ER+ and/or PR+) on the last pathological analysis available. * Acceptable patient's clinical situation compatible with chemotherapy or hormonotherapy administration * PS \<4 * Life expectancy \> 3 months * Evidence of measurable or evaluable disease (RECIST 1.1 criteria)in the 28 days before selection * Information of the patient and signature of the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

* Patient treated by chemotherapy or hormonotherapy for their metastatic disease (treatment failure under adjuvant hormonotherapy are accepted) * Her2 positive breast cancer * History of other stage II or III cancer in the 5 years. History of other metastatic cancer (whatever the time between the two cancers). * Persons deprived of their freedom or under guardianship. * Women unable to comply with the medical follow-up of the study for geographical, social or mental reasons.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression free survival evaluation2 yearsAccording to RECIST 1.1 criteria
Economic evaluation2 yearsEconomic impact of the strategy will be evaluated (standard treatment choice vs CTC based treatment choice)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Assessing patient quality of life2 yearsQLQC30 and BR23 individual questionaries
Evaluation of treatment safety according to NCI-CTCAEv4.032 yearsEvaluation of both chemotherapy and hormone therapy will be recorded in CRFs whatever the randomization.
Overall survival evaluation2 years

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 22, 2026