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DESCARTES trial: De-ESCAlating RadioTherapy in patients with pathologic complete rESponse to neoadjuvant systemic therapy.

DESCARTES trial: De-ESCAlating RadioTherapy in patients with pathologic complete rESponse to neoadjuvant systemic therapy. - DESCARTES trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON56100
Enrollment
595
Registered
2021-09-10
Start date
2022-10-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-22

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

Conditions

Breast cancer

Interventions

Sponsors

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women, aged  = 18 yearsInvasive HR positive/Her2 negative, Her2+ (ER/PR +/-) or TN breast cancerPrimary tumour (T) clinical stage cT1-2Unifocal disease; confirmed by pre-NST MRI, contrast-enhanced mammography or breast-specific gamma imagingClinical nodal stage 0; absence of lymph node metastases should be confirmed by ultrasound or FDG-PET/CTNeoadjuvant systemic treatment (NST)Marker placed in breast tumour prior to NSTBreast conserving surgery performed, i.e. no mastectomySentinel node biopsy performed before or after NSTPathologic complete response in breast and lymph nodes, i.e. no residual tumour cells, DCIS or LCIS detectedWritten informed consent within 16 weeks following the date of surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Primary tumour (T) clinical stage cT3-4Pre- or post-NST diagnosis of nodal disease including isolated tumour cellsConcurrent LCIS of any type in either pre-NST biopsy or surgical specimenPatients without axillary ultrasound or FDG-PET/CT pre-NSTHistory of breast cancer, DCIS or LCISSynchronous contralateral breast cancer, DCIS or LCISSynchronous M1 diseaseCarrier of gene mutation associated with increased risk of breast cancer, i.e. BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, TP53 or PALB-2Concurrent DCIS in pre-NST biopsy with suspicion of extensive component i.e. absence of non-mass enhancement on pre-NST MRI, contrast-enhanced mammography or breast-specific gamma imaging and/or absence of calcifications on pre-NST mammographyHistory of or concurrent malignancy, except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or other cancers curatively treated with no evidence of disease for = 5 years.Ipsilateral non-mass enhancement on MRI and/or suspect calcifications on mammography not proven to be benign by biopsy prior to NST

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary endpoint is the local recurrence rate (LRR) at 5 years.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary determinants are Local non-salvageable recurrence free survivalQuality of lifeRegional recurrence rateDistant recurrence free survivalDisease-specific survivalOverall survival.

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactF.H. Duijnhoven

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL)

descartes@nki.nl0205129111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)