Breast Cancer Screening
Conditions
Keywords
Breast Cancer, Population-based Screening, Digital Breast Tomosynthesis plus synthesized Mammography, Reconstructed Mammography, Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM), Multicentric Randomized Controlled Trial, Diagnostic Performance, Recall Rate, Interval Cancer
Brief summary
This study is a randomized, multicenter, multivendor, controlled, diagnostic superiority trial to compare digital breast tomosynthesis plus synthesized 2D mammograms (DBT+s2D) versus standard 2D full-field digital mammography (2D-FFDM) regarding the effectiveness as screening modality.
Detailed description
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate whether digital breast tomosynthesis plus synthesized 2D mammograms leads to a relevant increase in the detection rate of screening-detected invasive cancers compared to 2D full-field digital mammography in routine screening according to the European Guidelines. Furthermore, the incidence rate of interval cancers within a 24 months interval after screening will be compared between both study arms in order to investigate the potential for overdiagnosis. According to the pre-defined order of both primary endpoints and the primary objective of the study in the planning phase, the initial sample size calculation was based solely on the first primary endpoint (invasive breast cancer detection rate). Given the increasing national and international attention of interval cancers to assess the impact of potential overdiagnosis caused by tomosynthesis, we have planned a sample size increase from 80,000 to 120,000 study participants to achieve a reasonable statistical power for the evaluation of both primary endpoints. The revised sample size calculation was carried out without knowledge of the data from the currently recruiting TOSYMA study, i.e. all planning assumptions were based on external data that do not belong to the ongoing study.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTDBT+s2D
Digital breast tomosynthesis plus synthesized 2D mammograms
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST2D-FFDM
2D full-field digital mammography
Sponsors
University Hospital Muenster
German Research Foundation
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Participants will be randomized to either Digital Breast Tomosynthesis plus synthesized 2D mammograms (DBT+s2D) or 2D Full-Field Digital Mammography (2D-FFDM)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
50 Years to 69 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Women eligible to participate in the National Mammography Screening Program of Germany * Informed decision for mammography screening * Written informed consent * No prior participation in the TOSYMA trial
Exclusion criteria
* Breast cancer up to 5 years prior to study invitation * Previous mammography examination \< 12 months, * Breast implants
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Detection rate of invasive breast cancers | Routine screening visit | Number of women with screening-detected invasive breast cancer divided by the number of all women screened. A screening-detected breast cancer is classified as invasive carcinoma if the pT category (pathological tumor size) of the TNM classification falls into one of the following categories: pT1mic, pT1a, pT1b, pT1c, pT1, pT2, pT3, pT4a, pT4b, pT4c, pT4d, pT4, pTX (for evaluation purpose pTX defines histologically approved invasive breast cancer with missing tumor diameter) or the final pathological categorization has been done after neoadjuvant therapy (ypT), implying an invasive cancer prior to therapy. |
| Cumulative 24 months incidence of interval cancers | 24 months after routine screening visit | The 24 months incidence of interval cancers is defined as the number of women that develop a ductal carcinoma in situ or an invasive breast cancer in the 24 months interval after a negative screening examination divided by the number of all women with a negative screening result. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Detection rate of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) | Routine screening visit | Number of women with screening-detected ductal carcinoma in situ (if the pT category of the TNM classification falls into the category pTis) divided by the number of all women screened. |
| Detection rate of tumor category pT1 | Routine screening visit | Number of women with screening-detected invasive breast cancers of the category pT1 divided by the number of all women screened. A screening-detected breast cancer is classified as breast cancer of tumor category pT1 if tumor size is ≤ 20 mm in greatest dimension and the respective pT subcategory of the pTNM classification is one of the following: pT1mic, pT1a, pT1b, pT1c, pT1. |
| Recall rate for further assessment | Routine Screening Visit | Number of women with recalls for further assessment divided by the number of all women screened. |
| Positive predictive value of recall for further assessment (PPV1) | Routine screening visit | Number of women with screening-detected malignancies (ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive breast cancer) divided by the number of women with recalls for further assessment. |
| Cumulative 12 months incidence of interval cancers | 12 months after routine screening visit | The 12 months incidence of interval cancers is defined as the number of women that develop a ductal carcinoma in situ or an invasive breast cancer in the 12 months interval after a negative screening examination divided by the number of all women with a negative screening result. |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORWalter Heindel, MD, PhD
University Clinic for Radiology, University of Muenster / University Hospital Muenster
Outcome results
None listed