Breast Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Radiotherapy
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate the pathologic response at 12 months after single dose preoperative partial breast irradiation in early stage breast cancer patients. Furthermore, the aim is to collect data on response monitoring. Patient-reported outcome measures and treatment-induced toxicity will be evaluated.
Detailed description
In this multi-center single arm interventional cohort study 70 patients will be treated with single dose preoperative partial breast irradiation (PBI). Breast conserving surgery will be performed 12 months following PBI to assess pathologic response. Response monitoring following PBI includes MRI (3T and 7T), liquid biopsies and biopsy of the irradiated tumor. Results from this trial can change the current treatment of patients with early stage breast cancer. The single dose PBI can be of benefit for all patients who are suitable for postoperative PBI according to current guidelines. If pathologic complete response can be accurately predicted by (one of) the abovementioned response monitoring modalities, the need for surgery will become disputable. Moreover, in patients without expected pathologic complete response, the burden of radiotherapy can be minimized from 3-4.5 weeks of radiotherapy to a single dose of radiotherapy.
Interventions
RADIATIONMR-guided single dose preoperative PBI
A single dose of 20Gy to the gross tumor volume (GTV) is prescribed, to the clinical target volume (GTV + 20mm margin) 15Gy is prescribed.
Sponsors
UMC Utrecht
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Single arm interventional cohort study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* WHO performance scale ≤2. * Females at least 50 years of age with unifocal cT1N0 breast cancer or females at least 70 years of age with unifocal cT1-2(maximum 3 cm)N0 breast cancer on mammography, ultrasound and MRI. * Patients with an indication for chemotherapy or immunotherapy according to Dutch National Oncoline Guidelines or own hospital protocols are not eligible. Patients with an indication for endocrine therapy are eligible. * Tumor size as assessed on MRI. * On tumor biopsy: * Bloom-Richardson grade 1 or 2. * Non-lobular invasive histological type carcinoma. * LCIS or (non-extensive) DCIS is accepted. * ER positive tumor receptor. * HER2 negative tumor. * Tumor-negative sentinel node. * Adequate communication and understanding skills of the Dutch language.
Exclusion criteria
* Legal incapacity. * BRCA1, BRCA2 or CHEK2 gene mutation. * Previous history of breast cancer or DCIS. * Other type of malignancy within 5 years before breast cancer diagnosis. Patients with adequately treated malignancy longer than 5 years before breast cancer diagnosis are eligible for inclusion. For adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell carcinoma of the skin no specific time span to breast cancer diagnosis is required for inclusion. * Collagen synthesis disease. * Signs of extensive DCIS component on histological biopsy or imaging. * Invasive lobular carcinoma. * MRI absolute contraindications as defined by the Department of Radiology. * Nodal involvement with cytological or histological confirmation. * Indication for treatment with (neo-)adjuvant chemotherapy. * Non-feasible dosimetric RT plan.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pathologic complete response (pCR) | up to 12 months | pCR is assessed 6 or 12 months following single dose radiotherapy. Patients will undergo breast-conserving surgery. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Radiologic response on MRI | up to 12 months | A 3T MRI will be made 1 week, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months following radiotherapy. This will be correlated to the pathologic response. |
| Biopsy of irradiated tumor | up to 12 months | A biopsy of the irradiated tumor will be taken before surgery, this will be evaluated for presence of tumor cells. This will be correlated to the pathologic response. |
| Treatment-induced toxicity | 10 years | Radiotherapy- and surgery-induced toxicity will be assessed up to 10 years following radiotherapy according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.03. |
| Patient reported outcomes - quality of life | 10 years | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) Cancer-30 (C30), a cancer specific questionnaire on quality of life. The C30 consists of the global quality of life (scale 0-100, higher scores indicate higher quality of life), 5 functional domains (physical, role, emotional, cognitive and social functioning, scale 0-100, higher scores indicate better functioning) and 9 symptom domains (fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, dyspnea, insomnia, appetite loss, constipation, diarrhea and financial difficulties, scale 0-100, higher scores indicate more symptoms). No total score is calculated. |
| Patient reported outcomes - anxiety and depression | 10 years | Anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale): The scales ranges from 0 to 21 for both domains anxiety and depression separately. Higher scores indicate more complaints of anxiety or depression. No total score is calculated. |
| Patient reported outcomes - fatigue | 10 years | Fatigue (Multidimensional Fatigue Index). Five dimensions are present: General fatigue, physical fatigue, reduced activity, reduced motivation and mental fatigue. All dimensions range from 4-20, higher scores indicate more symptoms of fatigue on the specific dimension. No total score is calculated. |
| Patient reported outcomes - work ability | 10 years | Work ability (Work Ability Index). Seven dimensions are present: current work ability compared to best work ability (scale 0-10), work ability compared to demands of work (scale 2-10), current number of disease (scale 1-7),loss of work ability due to disease (scale 1-6), absenteeism past 12 months (scale 1-5), prognosis work ability in 2 years (scale 1-7), vitality (scale 1-4). A total score of work ability is calculated as the sum of all dimension (scale 7-49). In all dimension higher scores indicate better work ability. |
| Patient reported outcomes - satisfaction with cosmesis | 10 years | Satisfaction with cosmesis (questionnaire by Sneeuw et al. and BREAST-Q)). The questionnaire by Sneeuw et al. consists of seven questions, no total score is calculated. These questions are about difference between the treated and untreated breast in terms of size, shape, skin color, firmness and overall cosmesis (scale: no difference, small difference, moderate difference, large difference), visibility of the surgical scar (scale: not distracting, little distracting, quite distracting, very distracting) and satisfaction with the appearance of the treated breast (scale: very satisfied, satisfied, not unsatisfied, unsatisfied, very unsatisfied). No total score is calculated. From the BREAST-Q questionnaire only the postoperative domain of satisfaction with the breasts is used (scale 0-100), higher scores indicate more satisfaction. |
| Local, regional and distant relapse rate | 10 years | Recurrences up to 10 years following radiotherapy will be evaluated. |
| Disease free survival | 10 years | Disease free survival will be evaluated as the interval between treatment and first date of recurrence of disease. |
| Overall survival | 10 years | Overall survival will be evaluated as interval between treatment and death. |
| Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes | up to 12 months | The presence of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in the tumor will be assessed at baseline (using the diagnostic biopsy) and following treatment (using the surgical resection). This will be correlated to the pathologic response. |
| Circulating tumor DNA | up to 12 months | Patients will be evaluated for the presence of circulating tumor DNA at baseline and following radiotherapy. This will be correlated to the pathologic response. |
| Patient reported outcomes - frailty | 10 years | Frailty (Groningen Frailty Indicator), one dimension (scale 0-15), higher scores indicate higher level of frailty. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dosimetry of radiotherapy in prone position | 1 month | Patient can undergo an additional MRI in prone position for a radiotherapy planning study |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed