EXamining PErsonalised Radiation Therapy for Low-risk Early Breast Cancer

Last updated: April 7, 2024
Sponsor: Breast Cancer Trials, Australia and New Zealand
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Omission of radiation therapy

Clinical Study ID

NCT02889874
ANZ1601/BIG 16-02
2016-003527-33
  • Ages > 50
  • Female

Study Summary

This is a randomised, phase III, non-inferiority trial evaluating radiation therapy versus observation following breast conserving surgery and planned endocrine therapy in patients with stage I breast cancer of luminal A subtype defined using the Prosigna (PAM50) Assay.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria: for registration in the study:

  1. Female patients aged ≥ 50 years of any menopausal status.
  2. Primary tumour characteristics as assessed by conventional histopathology:
  • Unifocal histologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma
  • Maximum microscopic size ≤2 cm
  • Grade 1 or 2 histology
  • ER and PR positive in ≥10% of tumour cells in either the biopsy or breastconserving surgical specimen
  • HER2 negative on IHC (score 0 or 1+) or in situ hybridisation (ERBB2-amplification Ratio ERBB2/centromeres <2.0 or mean gene copy number <6).Equivocal IHC score (2+) must be assessed by ISH.
  1. Primary tumour must be resected by breast conserving surgery with microscopicallynegative margins for invasive carcinoma and any associated ductal carcinoma in situ (no cancer cells adjacent to any inked edge/surface of specimen) or re-excisionshowing no residual disease.
  2. Histologically confirmed negative nodal status determined by sentinel node biopsy oraxillary dissection. Patients with pN0 (i+) disease are eligible for studyparticipation (malignant cells ≤0.2 mm in regional lymph node(s) detected byhematoxylin-eosin (H&E) stain or IHC, including isolated tumour cells).
  3. No evidence of distant metastasis.
  4. Eligible for and willing to have adjuvant endocrine therapy.
  5. ECOG performance status 0-2.
  6. Availability of FFPE tumour block for Prosigna (PAM50) Assay. For randomization to the study, patients must fulfill all of the following criteria:
  7. Primary tumour characteristics as assessed by Prosigna (PAM50) Assay:
  • Luminal A intrinsic subtype
  • ROR score ≤60

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria: Any one of the following is regarded as a criterion for exclusion from the study:

  1. Primary tumour characteristics:
  • Presence of multifocal or multicentric invasive carcinoma or ductal carcinoma insitu;
  • Evidence of clinical or pathologic T4 disease (extension to the chest wall,oedema or ulceration of skin, satellite skin nodules, inflammatory carcinoma);
  • The invasive component of the primary tumour is present as micro-invasion only;
  • Grade 3 histology;
  • Presence of lymphovascular invasion
  1. Contra-indication or unwillingness to have adjuvant endocrine therapy.
  2. Planned to receive adjuvant chemotherapy or biologic therapy after breast cancersurgery, i.e. any systemic therapy other than endocrine therapy is not permitted. Anytherapy unrelated to cancer is permitted at the discretion of investigators.
  3. Treated with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy, chemotherapy or biologic therapy prior tobreast cancer surgery.
  4. Prior breast or thoracic RT for any condition.
  5. Pre-operative breast imaging evidence of disease aside from the primary carcinomaresected by breast conserving surgery.
  6. Concurrent invasive breast carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ (synchronous ormetachronous).
  7. Prior diagnosis of invasive breast carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ in eitherbreast irrespective of disease free interval.
  8. A diagnosis of non-breast malignancy <5 years prior to randomisation with thefollowing exceptions:
  • Patients who are diagnosed with carcinoma in situ of cervix, endometrium orcolon; melanoma in situ; and basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin at anytime prior to randomisation are not excluded from study participation.
  • Patients who are diagnosed with other non-breast malignancy ≥5 years prior torandomisation and without evidence of disease recurrence are not excluded fromstudy participation.
  1. Significant comorbidity precluding definitive RT for breast cancer (e.g.cardiovascular or pulmonary disease, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus).
  2. Life expectancy <10 years.
  3. Documented mutation of BRCA1, BRCA2 or TP53, or at high genetic risk of breast cancer.
  4. Pregnant or lactating patients.
  5. Inability to be registered to the study ≤8 weeks after the last surgical procedure forbreast cancer.
  6. Inability to commence RT (if randomised to receive RT) no later than 12 weeks from thelast surgical procedure for breast cancer.
  7. Inability to provide written informed consent.
  8. Psychiatric, addictive, or any disorder that precludes compliance with protocolrequirements.

Study Design

Total Participants: 1167
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Omission of radiation therapy
Phase:
Study Start date:
August 21, 2017
Estimated Completion Date:
April 30, 2026

Study Description

Radiation therapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery to improve local control and survival is the current standard of care for patients with early breast cancer. However, breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and the absolute benefit of RT in individual patients varies substantially. Thus, a pressing priority in contemporary breast cancer management is to tailor RT utilisation to the individual recurrence risks by identifying patients who are unlikely to benefit from RT, thereby avoiding the morbidity and costs of over-treatment.

It is recognised that selected patients with early breast cancer are unlikely to derive benefits from RT after breast conserving surgery. However, randomised trials have not consistently identified patients who may safely omit RT using conventional clinical-pathologic characteristics.

Breast cancer intrinsic subtypes distinguished by gene expression profiling are shown to be associated with distinct clinical outcomes. There is substantial evidence supporting the clinical validity of multigene assays including the PAM50-based Prosigna Assay that identifies intrinsic subtypes and generates a Risk of Recurrence score (ROR) to quantify individual risks of distant relapse. Multigene assays are increasingly integrated into clinical practice to inform chemotherapy decision, highlighting their substantial practice changing potential in personalising the use of RT for early breast cancer.

A recent analysis of archived tumour specimens of 1,308 patients with early breast cancer has shown significant associations between local recurrence risk and the PAM50-defined intrinsic subtypes and ROR score. EXPERT presents a unique opportunity of clinical and public health importance to optimise personalised local therapy for early breast cancer through precise, individualised quantification of local recurrence risk to identify low-risk patients for whom RT after breast conserving surgery may be safely omitted.

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    New Zealand

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