Radiation Therapy Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03359954

Last Updated: 2025-09-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-16

Study Completion Date

2027-10-31

Brief Summary

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This phase II trial studies how well radiation therapy before surgery works in treating patients with hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving radiation therapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the change in percent tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) as a continuous variable before and after preoperative boost radiotherapy (RT) in hormone receptor (HR)+/human epidermal growth factor receptor2 (HER2)- breast cancers.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety of preoperative boost RT administered to patients with HR+/HER2- breast cancer.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

* I. To assess the mechanisms of cell death induced by preoperative boost RT.
* II. To assess immunologic and molecular responses to preoperative boost RT.
* III. To assess the correlations between immune markers, cell death markers, and their changes during treatment.
* IV. To determine if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to predict breast tumor response to neoadjuvant radiation.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo boost radiation therapy 6-8 days before breast surgery. After surgery, patients continue to receive standard of care radiation therapy.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 months.

Conditions

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Estrogen Receptor Positive HER2/Neu Negative Invasive Breast Carcinoma Progesterone Receptor Positive

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (radiation therapy, surgery)

Patients undergo boost radiation therapy 6-8 days before breast surgery. After surgery, patients continue to receive standard of care radiation therapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Radiation Therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Undergo radiation therapy

Therapeutic Conventional Surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo breast surgery

Interventions

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Radiation Therapy

Undergo radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Therapeutic Conventional Surgery

Undergo breast surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Cancer Radiotherapy Irradiate Irradiated irradiation Radiation Radiotherapeutics RADIOTHERAPY RT Therapy, Radiation

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion:

* Age \>/=18 years at time of study entry
* Histologically confirmed HR+/HER2- (according to American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines) invasive carcinoma of the breast
* Presence of a clip in the primary breast cancer
* Biopsy-amenable residual disease in the breast measuring \>/= 1cm in at least one dimension on ultrasound cm in at least one dimension on ultrasound
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
* Signed written informed consent
* Planned for multidisciplinary evaluation by a Breast Surgical Oncologist and Breast Radiation Oncologist. For patients undergoing mastectomy and desirous of reconstruction or those undergoing breast conservation in whom oncoplastic local tissue rearrangement or reduction mammoplasty is being considered, this multidisciplinary evaluation will also include a plastic surgeon.

Exclusion:

* Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding
* Contraindication to receive radiotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Simona F Shaitelman

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2018-00993

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2017-0362

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2017-0362

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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