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Hypofractionated Partial Breast Irradiation in Treating Patients With Early Stage Breast Cancer

Optimizing Preventative Adjuvant Linac-Based Radiation: The OPAL Trial a Phase II/III Study of Hypofractionated Partial Breast Irradiation in Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer

Status
Suspended
Phases
Phase 2Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03077841
Enrollment
928
Registered
2017-03-13
Start date
2017-03-06
Completion date
2027-11-08
Last updated
2026-09-14

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

Conditions

Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ, Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7

Brief summary

This phase II trial studies how well hypofractionated partial breast irradiation works in treating patients with early stage breast cancer. Hypofractionated radiation therapy delivers higher doses of radiation therapy over a shorter period of time and may kill more tumor cells and have fewer side effects. Treating only the part of the breast where the cancer started may lead to fewer side effects than standard treatment.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. The risk of grade 2 or higher toxicity occurring during radiation and through the 6 month post-radiation follow up visit in patients treated with Optimizing Preventative Adjuvant Linac-based Radiation (OPAL) regimen. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To measure patient-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain with the OPAL regimen at 6 months, one year, two years, three years, four years, and five years after completing the OPAL regimen. II. To measure physician-reported and photographically-assessed cosmetic outcome at 6 months, one year, two years, three years, four years, and five years after completing the OPAL regimen and to compare this to the best performing arm of 2010-0559. III. To determine the 5-year risk of pathologically-confirmed invasive and/or in situ ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) for patients with ductal breast carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and early invasive breast cancer. IV. To determine the 5-year risk of any recurrence of breast cancer, disease-free survival, and overall survival. V. To determine maximal late (within 5 years) toxicities using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 4.0 scale. VI. To establish the feasibility of conducting multi-center radiation therapy trials within the MD Anderson Network. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients undergo hypofractionated partial breast irradiation daily for 5 days. Patients may then receive 3 additional boost fractions at the discretion of the doctor. ARM II: Patients undergo standard breast irradiation daily for 15 days. Patients may then receive 5 additional boost fractions at the discretion of the doctor. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 months, and at 1.5, 3.5, and 5.5 years.

Interventions

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Undergo hypofractionated partial breast irradiation

OTHERQuestionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of pathologically-confirmed invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ * Pathologic T stage of Tis, T1, or T2 with total size of tumor =\< 3 cm (this size criteria applies to both pure DCIS and invasive tumors) * For patients with invasive breast cancer, pathologic N stage of N0, N0 (i-), or N0 (i+); pathologic staging of the axilla is not required for patients with pure DCIS * Treatment with breast conserving surgery * Unifocal primary tumor based on imaging and clinical assessment; microscopic multifocality is allowed * Final surgical margins negative defined as no tumor on ink; lobular carcinoma in situ involving the final surgical margin will be disregarded * For invasive cancers, the tumor must be estrogen receptor positive (defined as 10% or greater expression of estrogen receptor) * If the patient has a history of a prior non-breast cancer, all treatment for this cancer must have been completed at least one month prior to study registration and the patient must have no evidence of disease for this prior non-breast cancer * Patients must be enrolled on the trial within 12 weeks of the later of two dates: the final breast conserving surgical procedure or administration of the last cycle of cytotoxic chemotherapy * Final criteria for eligibility established after simulation: The tumor bed can be readily visualized on simulation computed tomography (CT) and is localized to one quadrant or region of the breast that is amenable to partial breast irradiation

Exclusion criteria

* Tumor invasion of the skin including dermis, chest wall, or pectoralis musculature * Any evidence of nodal positivity beyond pathologic stage of pN0(i+) * Systemic chemotherapy prior to final breast conserving surgery * Patient is pregnant or nursing * History of therapeutic irradiation to the breast, lower neck, mediastinum or other area in which there could potentially be overlap with the affected breast * History of prior invasive or in situ cancer in either breast * Current diagnosis of bilateral breast cancer * History of lupus or scleroderma

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Risk of grade 2 or higher toxicityAt 6 months post radiationWill evaluate whether or not the risk of this outcome is higher than the risk of grade 2+ toxic events in the best performing arm of our prior clinical trial that evaluated dosing schedules of whole breast irradiation (2010-0559).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient-reported cosmetic outcomeAt 6 months, one year, two years, three years, four years, and five years after completing the optimizing preventative adjuvant linac-based radiation (OPAL) regimenPatient-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain will be measured using the Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes Scale (BCTOS) and will be compared for the IMPORT Low versus OPAL regimens. Each outcome will be evaluated both as a continuous variable and as a dichotomous variable with a cutpoint of \>= 2.5, indicating a moderate or greater average change in the treated breast compared to the untreated breast which serves as an internal control. Will use descriptive statistics to summarize patient-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain over time. Box plots and graphical measures will be used to display the distribution of these outcomes over time and by treatment arm. Will conduct linear mixed models to assess changes in patient-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain scores over time. A random intercept will be included to account for within-subject correlations.
Physician-reported and photographically-assessed cosmetic outcomeAt 6 months, one year, two years, three years, four years, and five years after completing the OPAL regimenPhysician-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain will be measured using the Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes Scale (BCTOS) and will be compared for the IMPORT Low versus OPAL regimens. Each outcome will be evaluated both as a continuous variable and as a dichotomous variable with a cutpoint of \>= 2.5, indicating a moderate or greater average change in the treated breast compared to the untreated breast which serves as an internal control. Will use descriptive statistics to summarize patient-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain over time. Box plots and graphical measures will be used to display the distribution of these outcomes over time and by treatment arm. Will conduct linear mixed models to assess changes in patient-reported cosmetic outcome, functional status, and breast pain scores over time. A random intercept will be included to account for within-subject correlations.
Risk of pathologically-confirmed invasive and/or ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR)At 5 yearsWill be estimated using Kaplan and Meier product-limit estimator and modeled with Cox proportional hazards regression. IBTR will be measured from the date of treatment initiation to the date of last evaluation or IBTR. The 5-year risk of IBTR and any recurrence will be estimated along with 95% confidence intervals. Differences in each of these outcomes by treatment arm will be assessed using the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression and/or competing risks regression will be used if needed to account for imbalance among treatment arms with respect to risk factors for these outcomes.
Risk of any recurrence of breast cancerAt 5 yearsWill be estimated using Kaplan and Meier product-limit estimator and modeled with Cox proportional hazards regression. Recurrence-free survival will be measured from the date of radiation treatment initiation to the earliest date of last clinic visit, date of first recurrence, or date of death. Differences in each of these outcomes by treatment arm will be assessed using the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression and/or competing risks regression will be used if needed to account for imbalance among treatment arms with respect to risk factors for these outcomes.
Disease free survival (DFS)At 5 yearsWill be estimated using Kaplan and Meier product-limit estimator and modeled with Cox proportional hazards regression. DFS will be measured from date of treatment initiation to the earliest date of last clinic visit, date of progression, date of recurrence, date of metastasis, or date of death. Differences in each of these outcomes by treatment arm will be assessed using the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression and/or competing risks regression will be used if needed to account for imbalance among treatment arms with respect to risk factors for these outcomes.
Overall survivalAt 5 yearsWill be estimated using Kaplan and Meier product-limit estimator and modeled with Cox proportional hazards regression. OS will be measured from the date of treatment initiation to the earliest date of last contact or death. Differences in each of these outcomes by treatment arm will be assessed using the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression and/or competing risks regression will be used if needed to account for imbalance among treatment arms with respect to risk factors for these outcomes.
Incidence of adverse eventsUp to 5 yearsAssessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4. Differences in National Cancer Institute CTCAE and Subjective, Objective, Management, Analytic (SOMA) toxicity by treatment arm will be evaluated using chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.
Feasibility of conducting multi-center radiation therapy trials within the MD Anderson Network5 yearsThe trial will be considered feasible if \>= 90% of enrolled and treated patients receive the prescribed radiation dosing per protocol without deviations.
TGF-beta analysisUp to 5 yearsFor this analysis, the primary outcome is grade 2 or higher breast fibrosis measured using the Subjective, Objective, Management, Analytic/Late Effects Normal Tissue Task Force scale at the 3.5 year follow up visit. The exposure of interest is the presence of at least one copy of the C-509T allele in germline deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Will also conduct exploratory analyses to assess the association of TGF-beta genotype with cosmetic outcome, other PROs, and toxicities. T-test or rank-sum test will be used for continuous measures and chi-squared or Fishers exact test will be used for categorical measures.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORBenjamin D Smith

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 15, 2026