Trial of Tomotherapy in Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00459628

Last Updated: 2017-05-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

118 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-05-31

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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Tomotherapy is a new radiation therapy system that uses an integrated CT scanner during delivery of radiation treatment to improve the accuracy of the treatment. Furthermore the irradiation is delivered helicoidally allowing highly conformal shaping of dose distribution. However the magnitude of the clinical advantage of using the system in breast cancer is unknown. The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether or not the Tomotherapy can substantially reduce pulmonary and cardiac toxicities, as compared with conventional radiotherapy.

Detailed Description

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Prior to surgery: histological confirmation; medical imaging.

Localizing markers are placed in case of breast conserving surgery.

After surgery, patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms:

* Arm I: radiotherapy using tangential chest fields, and supraclavicular field in case of nodal involvement, according to our hospital's standard procedure (Voordeckers M et al, Radiother Oncol 2003;68:227 and 2004;70:225). Dose-fractionation: 50 Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks, 2 Gy/fraction. Additional boost 16 Gy in 8 fractions over 2 weeks if breast conserving surgery (verify marker/clip localization) and age \<= 70 years.
* Arm II: radiotherapy using the Tomotherapy system. Target area (breast, thorax wall, nodal areas) delimited according to pre-operative imaging and pathological description. Dose-fractionation (adapted from Whelan T et al, JNCI 2002;94:1143): 42 Gy in 15 fractions over 3 weeks, 2.8 Gy/fraction. Simultaneous boost 0.6 Gy/fraction if breast conserving surgery.

Physics quality control is integrated during treatment in both arms.

Radiotherapy begins within 6 weeks after the last breast surgery. Concurrent or sequential adjuvant systemic treatments are allowed. In case of sequential adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy first, radiotherapy begins within 6 weeks after completion of the adjuvant chemotherapy.

Quality of life, arm mobility and edema, pulmonary and heart function are assessed prior to radiotherapy, at 1-3 months after completion of radiotherapy, then yearly.

Conditions

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Breast Neoplasms

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Conventional radiotherapy

Conventional Long schedule Radiotherapy Arm

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional radiotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Radiation treatment delivered by conventional linear accelerator using matching fields

Tomotherapy

Short course schedule by tomotherapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tomotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

CT image guided intensity modulated radiation therapy delivered by the Tomotherapy HiArt system

Interventions

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Conventional radiotherapy

Radiation treatment delivered by conventional linear accelerator using matching fields

Intervention Type RADIATION

Tomotherapy

CT image guided intensity modulated radiation therapy delivered by the Tomotherapy HiArt system

Intervention Type RADIATION

Other Intervention Names

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Arm I, Long schedule Arm II, Short schedule, Helical Tomotherapy

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Informed consent
* Histologically proven breast carcinoma
* Stage I or II (T1-3N0 or T1-2N1 M0, AJCC/TNM 6th edition)
* Surgery with clear margins
* Pre-operative medical imaging (at least CT, MRI, and/or PET-scan)

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior breast or thoracic radiotherapy
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Fertile patients without effective contraception
* Psychiatric or addictive disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Vincent Vinh-Hung, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mark De Ridder, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Radiotherapy Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Vincent Vinh-Hung, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Radiotherapy-Oncology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Locations

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Oncologisch Centrum, UZ Brussel

Jette, Brussels Capital, Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Voordeckers M, Van de Steene J, Vinh-Hung V, Storme G. Adjuvant radiotherapy after mastectomy for pT1-pT2 node negative (pN0) breast cancer: is it worth the effort? Radiother Oncol. 2003 Sep;68(3):227-31. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8140(03)00234-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 13129629 (View on PubMed)

Voordeckers M, Vinh-Hung V, Van de Steene J, Lamote J, Storme G. The lymph node ratio as prognostic factor in node-positive breast cancer. Radiother Oncol. 2004 Mar;70(3):225-30. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2003.10.015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15064006 (View on PubMed)

Whelan T, MacKenzie R, Julian J, Levine M, Shelley W, Grimard L, Lada B, Lukka H, Perera F, Fyles A, Laukkanen E, Gulavita S, Benk V, Szechtman B. Randomized trial of breast irradiation schedules after lumpectomy for women with lymph node-negative breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002 Aug 7;94(15):1143-50. doi: 10.1093/jnci/94.15.1143.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12165639 (View on PubMed)

Versmessen H, Vinh-Hung V, Van Parijs H, Miedema G, Voordeckers M, Adriaenssens N, Storme G, De Ridder M. Health-related quality of life in survivors of stage I-II breast cancer: randomized trial of post-operative conventional radiotherapy and hypofractionated tomotherapy. BMC Cancer. 2012 Oct 25;12:495. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-495.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23098579 (View on PubMed)

Van Parijs H, Miedema G, Vinh-Hung V, Verbanck S, Adriaenssens N, Kerkhove D, Reynders T, Schuermans D, Leysen K, Hanon S, Van Camp G, Vincken W, Storme G, Verellen D, De Ridder M. Short course radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost for stage I-II breast cancer, early toxicities of a randomized clinical trial. Radiat Oncol. 2012 Jun 1;7:80. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-7-80.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22656865 (View on PubMed)

Adriaenssens N, De Ridder M, Lievens P, Van Parijs H, Vanhoeij M, Miedema G, Voordeckers M, Versmessen H, Storme G, Lamote J, Pauwels S, Vinh-Hung V. Scapula alata in early breast cancer patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of post-surgery short-course image-guided radiotherapy. World J Surg Oncol. 2012 May 16;10:86. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-86.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22591589 (View on PubMed)

Adriaenssens N, Vinh-Hung V, Miedema G, Versmessen H, Lamote J, Vanhoeij M, Lievens P, van Parijs H, Storme G, Voordeckers M, De Ridder M. Early contralateral shoulder-arm morbidity in breast cancer patients enrolled in a randomized trial of post-surgery radiation therapy. Breast Cancer (Auckl). 2012;6:79-93. doi: 10.4137/BCBCR.S9362. Epub 2012 Jul 30.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22904635 (View on PubMed)

Verbanck S, Hanon S, Schuermans D, Van Parijs H, Vinh-Hung V, Miedema G, Verellen D, Storme G, Vanhoeij M, Lamote J, De Ridder M, Vincken W. Small airways function in breast cancer patients before and after radiotherapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Oct;135(3):857-65. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2201-7. Epub 2012 Aug 22.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22910929 (View on PubMed)

Van Parijs H, Cecilia-Joseph E, Gorobets O, Storme G, Adriaenssens N, Heyndrickx B, Verschraegen C, Nguyen NP, De Ridder M, Vinh-Hung V. Lung-heart toxicity in a randomized clinical trial of hypofractionated image guided radiation therapy for breast cancer. Front Oncol. 2023 Nov 20;13:1211544. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1211544. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38053657 (View on PubMed)

Van Parijs H, Vinh-Hung V, Fontaine C, Storme G, Verschraegen C, Nguyen DM, Adriaenssens N, Nguyen NP, Gorobets O, De Ridder M. Cardiopulmonary-related patient-reported outcomes in a randomized clinical trial of radiation therapy for breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2021 Nov 4;21(1):1177. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08916-z.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34736429 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2007-002025-69

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SCIE2006-30

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ANI47

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2007/009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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