Hypofractionated Regional Nodal Irradiation Clinical Trial for Women With Breast Cancer

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • End date
    Oct 31, 2024
  • participants needed
    137
  • sponsor
    Virginia Commonwealth University
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hysterectomy
estrogen
carcinoma
growth factor
oophorectomy
progesterone
epidermal growth factor receptor
HER2
EGFR
carcinoma in situ
lobular carcinoma
estradiol
progesterone receptor
erbb2
epidermal growth factor
estrogen receptor
breast adenocarcinoma
mastectomy
lumpectomy
adjuvant chemotherapy
ductal carcinoma in situ
axillary lymph node dissection
lobular carcinoma in situ
immunostimulant
sentinel node
ductal carcinoma
core needle biopsy
sentinel lymph node biopsy
breast disease
breast tumor

Summary

Single-arm, phase 2 study evaluating hypofractionated irradiation of breast and regional nodes in women with breast cancer. Patients will be grouped in 3 surgery-related treatment groups: 1) An intact breast following lumpectomy; 2) plans for loco regional external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) following mastectomy (with or without plans for reconstruction); and 3) plans for locoregional EBRT following mastectomy with reconstruction.

Patients will be assessed for lymphedema, arm function, breast or chestwall pain, other EBRT-related adverse events, and, for patients who had a lumpectomy or mastectomy with reconstruction, cosmetic outcome.

Description

The HeNRIetta Trial is a phase 2 non-randomized clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of hypofractionated RNI for women with resected node-positive breast cancer. The study hypothesis is that a 3-4 week hypofractionated course of post-lumpectomy or postmastectomy EBRT is as safe and effective as the biologically equivalent dose given in conventional fractionation over 5-7 weeks.

Eligible patients are women 40 years old who have undergone definitive surgery for node-positive breast cancer. Surgery may have been lumpectomy, mastectomy without reconstruction, or mastectomy with reconstruction. Nodal staging may have been performed by only sentinel lymph node (SLN) or by axillary lymph node (ALN) dissection. Patients may have received neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy at the discretion of the treating medical oncologist.

Breast and RNI will be administered to 42.56 Gy in 16 fractions. (RNI will exclude the axilla in patients who have had an ALN dissection.) A treatment boost of 4 to 6 fractions of 2.66 Gy/fraction to the lumpectomy cavity will be included for all patients who have had lumpectomy; a chestwall boost (4 to 6 fractions of 2.66 Gy/fraction) will be administered to patients who had mastectomy (with or without reconstruction) and close (< 2 mm) surgical margins. Total number of EBRT fractions will be 20 to 22 with a boost; 16 without a boost.

Bilateral measurements of arm circumference will be used to assess lymphedema by comparing the ipsilateral arm to the contralateral arm. Patients will also be assessed for and will complete questionnaires related to lymphedema, decreased arm function, breast and chestwall pain, other EBRT-related toxicities, cosmetic outcome, and local, regional, and distant breast cancer recurrence.

Details
Condition Breast Cancer, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Lobular Breast Carcinoma in Situ, Invasive Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Adenocarcinoma of the Breast, Breast Adenocarcinoma, Node-positive Breast Cancer, Lobular Carcinoma In Situ, LCIS, Node-positive Breast Cancer, Node-positive Breast Cancer, Node-positive Breast Cancer, Node-positive Breast Cancer, breast carcinoma, cancer, breast, Node-positive Breast Cancer
Treatment laboratory biomarker analysis, questionnaire administration, external beam radiation therapy
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT02515110
SponsorVirginia Commonwealth University
Last Modified on24 January 2021

Eligibility

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Inclusion Criteria

Is your age greater than or equal to 40 yrs?
Are you female?
Do you have any of these conditions: Invasive Breast Carcinoma or Breast Cancer or Breast Adenocarcinoma or Lobular Breast Carcinoma in Situ or Node-positive Breast Cancer?
Do you have any of these conditions: Adenocarcinoma of the Breast or Node-positive Breast Cancer or Breast Adenocarcinoma or LCIS or Lobular Breast Carcinoma in Situ or Invasive Breast Ca...?
Karnofsky performance status of 70-100%
Histologic documentation of invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast
One of the breast disease stages listed below
Note: In the definitions below, definitive surgery is defined as the final surgery performed to obtain clear surgical margins
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was not administered If neoadjuvant chemotherapy was NOT administered, pathologic staging must be T1-3, N1-2a following definitive surgery
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered
If prior to initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy clinical staging was T1-3, N0, pathologic staging must be T1-3, N1-2a following definitive surgery
If prior to initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy clinical staging was T1-3, N1, pathologic staging must be T0-3, N0-2a following definitive surgery
If prior to initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy there was cytologic or pathologic confirmation of axillary nodal involvement (per any of the criteria listed below), pathologic staging must be T0-3, N0-2a following definitive surgery
Positive fine-needle aspiration (FNA) (ie, demonstrating malignant cells)
Positive core needle biopsy (ie, demonstrating invasive adenocarcinoma)
Positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (ie, demonstrating invasive adenocarcinoma)
Complete resection of known breast disease by one of the following surgeries
Lumpectomy with sentinel lymph node or axillary lymph node dissection
Mastectomy alone with sentinel lymph node or axillary lymph node dissection
Mastectomy plus reconstruction with sentinel lymph node or axillary lymph node dissection
Margins of the resected specimen or re-excision specimen must be histologically free of invasive tumor and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) as determined by the pathologist
Notes: Additional operative procedures may be performed to obtain clear margins; focally positive margins are acceptable based on technical feasibility of additional surgery and/or the potential for benefit with further surgery based on the extent and location of the positive margin (eg, focally positive deep margin at the pectoralis fascia); also, patients with margins positive for lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) are eligible without additional resection
Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing performed on the primary breast tumor; when applicable, testing must have been performed prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Interval between the last surgery for breast cancer (including re-excision of margins) or the completion of adjuvant chemotherapy and study enrollment must be =< 56 days (ie, a maximum of 8 weeks)
Note: Radiotherapy must begin within 10 weeks following the last surgery for breast cancer or the last dose of adjuvant chemotherapy
Recovery from surgery with the incision completely healed and no signs of infection
If adjuvant chemotherapy was administered, chemotherapy-related toxicity that may interfere with delivery of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) should have resolved
Women who are not postmenopausal or have not undergone hysterectomy must have a documented negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to study registration
Note: Postmenopausal is defined as one or more of the following
Age >= 60 years
Age < 60 years and amenorrheic for at least 1 year with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and plasma estradiol levels in the postmenopausal range
Bilateral oophorectomy
Women of child-bearing potential (WCBP) must agree to use a medically accepted form of pregnancy prevention for the duration of study treatment
Ability to understand and willingness to sign the consent form written in English pregnancy test within 14 days prior to study registration
Note: Postmenopausal is defined as one or more of the following
Age >= 60 years
Age < 60 years and amenorrheic for at least 1 year with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and plasma estradiol levels in the postmenopausal range
Bilateral oophorectomy
Women of child-bearing potential (WCBP) must agree to use a medically accepted form of pregnancy prevention for the duration of study treatment
Ability to understand and willingness to sign the consent form written in English

Exclusion Criteria

Known definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease
T4 tumors including inflammatory breast cancer
Clinical nodal staging of N2 or N3 disease
Pathologic nodal staging of N2b, N2c, or N3 disease
Microscopic positive margins after definitive surgery
Note: Patients with microscopically focally positive margins following lumpectomy or mastectomy are not excluded if re-excision is not technically feasible and/or there is no benefit to further surgery based on the extent and location of the positive margin
Any history, not including the index cancer, of ipsilateral or contralateral invasive breast cancer or ipsilateral or contralateral DCIS treated with radiation therapy (RT)
Note: Patients with synchronous or previous ipsilateral LCIS are eligible
Any radiation therapy (RT) for the currently diagnosed breast cancer prior to study enrollment
History of ipsilateral or contralateral breast or thoracic RT for any condition
History of ipsilateral or contralateral axillary surgery for any condition
History of lymphedema involving the ipsilateral or contralateral arm at present or at any time in the past
Synchronous contralateral breast cancer requiring RT
Overall geometry (eg, breast size if intact breast) precludes the ability to achieve dosimetric requirements
Note: Set-up devices for breast positioning are permitted
Unresolved post-surgical complications (eg, significant infection) with healing difficulties
Active collagen vascular disease, specifically dermatomyositis with a creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level above normal or with an active skin rash, systemic lupus erythematosus, or scleroderma
Pregnancy or breastfeeding
Diagnosis or treatment for a non-breast malignancy within 5 years of study registration, with the following exceptions: complete resection of basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and any in situ malignancy after curative therapy
Medical, psychological, or social condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the patient's risk or limit the patient's adherence with study requirements
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