Pre-operative SABR With and Without Caloric Restriction for Early Stage Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT04959474

Last Updated: 2026-01-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-23

Study Completion Date

2028-11-01

Brief Summary

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This phase II trial studies the effect of calorie reduction while undergoing stereotactic ablative radiation therapy in treating patients with breast cancer. Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (sABR) is a highly focused radiation treatment that gives an intense dose of radiation concentrated on a tumor, while limiting the dose to the surrounding organ. Giving SABR before surgery may make the tumor smaller. Adding dietary restrictions in combination with radiation therapy may help increase local control and decrease the spread of the cancer to other places in the body. The purpose of this trial is to identify if there is a decrease in tumor tissue in patients undergoing caloric restriction during pre-operative SABR, compared to patients undergoing pre-operative SABR alone.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To detect a decrease in cellularity of the tumor in participants undergoing caloric restriction during pre-operative SABR as compared to participants undergoing SABR alone.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Change in miR-21 as defined by baseline and post radiation levels. II. Investigate measurable changes of patient and tumor characteristics from the combination of SABR and caloric restriction (CR) versus SABR alone to inform future trials.

III. To describe pathologic complete response (pCR) rates as defined by no residual carcinoma or no residual invasive carcinoma, but ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) may be present, in each arm as well as by subtype.

IV. To assess response of each treatment arm using contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) and correlate with pathologic response.

V. To describe short term surgical outcomes including: sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification rate, positive margins requiring return to the operative room for re-excision, and post-operative complications (infection, delayed wound healing, seroma requiring aspiration).

VI. To measure patient reported health-related outcomes and satisfaction with outcome.

VII. To compare patient reported cosmesis to physician reported cosmesis scores, where cosmesis is rated as excellent, good, fair or poor.

VIII. To compare pCR rates between women randomized to SABR alone to women randomized to SABR + CR who are at least 80% adherent to the CR intervention.

IX. To compare pCR rates between women randomized to SABR alone who do not deviate by more than 10% from their baseline caloric intake to women randomized to SABR + CR who are at least 80% adherent to the CR intervention.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Tissue: To determine the downstream molecular effects of diet related to miR-21 such as FAS/FASL, PD-1, LAG3 and STAT3 expression.

II. Microbiome: Compare baseline to post-SABR microbiome species separately for each trial arm.

III. Serum: Determine if anti-tumor immunity has increased with increased CD8 and decreased Treg in tumor. Compare proteomic profiles.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine the ipsilateral breast recurrence rate, distant disease-free interval, recurrence free survival, and overall survival.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive standard dietary recommendations. Patients undergo SABR every other day for 5 fractions. Within 4-12 weeks of completion of SABR, patients undergo surgical resection with sentinel lymph node biopsy.

ARM II: Beginning 1 week before the start of SABR, patients undergo a caloric restriction diet for 6-12 weeks (for the duration of radiation treatment, until post radiation follow-up appointment) consisting of reducing calorie intake by 25%. Patients undergo SABR every other day for 5 fractions. Within 4-12 weeks of completion of SABR, patients undergo surgical resection with sentinel lymph node biopsy.

After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 3-6 weeks, and then 6 months after surgery.

Conditions

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Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Anatomic Stage 1 Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Anatomic Stage 2 Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Anatomic Stage 3 Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Breast Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Invasive Breast Carcinoma Triple Negative Breast Carcinoma

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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Arm I (standard dietary recommendations, SABR, surgery)

Patients receive standard dietary recommendations. Patients undergo SABR every other day for 5 fractions. Within 4-12 weeks of completion of SABR, patients undergo surgical resection with sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Best Practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Given standard dietary recommendations

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Undergo SABR

Resection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo surgical resection

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Mammography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo mammography

Biospecimen Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo blood, tissue, and rectal swab sample collection

Arm II (caloric restriction diet, SABR, surgery)

Beginning 1 week before the start of SABR, patients undergo a caloric restriction diet for 6-12 weeks (for the duration of radiation treatment, until post radiation follow-up appointment) consisting of reducing calorie intake by 25%. Patients undergo SABR every other day for 5 fractions. Within 4-12 weeks of completion of SABR, patients undergo surgical resection with sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Undergo SABR

Resection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo surgical resection

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy

Dietary Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Undergo a caloric restriction diet

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Mammography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo mammography

Biospecimen Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo blood, tissue, and rectal swab sample collection

Interventions

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Best Practice

Given standard dietary recommendations

Intervention Type OTHER

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Undergo SABR

Intervention Type RADIATION

Resection

Undergo surgical resection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Dietary Intervention

Undergo a caloric restriction diet

Intervention Type OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Mammography

Undergo mammography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Biospecimen Collection

Undergo blood, tissue, and rectal swab sample collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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best practice, standard of care, standard of care, standard therapy SABR, SBRT, SBRT, Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy Resection, resection, Surgical Resection, SURGICAL RESECTION, Surgical Resection, Surgical Resection, Surgical Resection SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY, sentinel lymph node biopsy, Sentinel Node Biopsy, Sentinel node biopsy alone, SLNB, SNB Dietary Modification, intervention, dietary, Nutrition Intervention, Nutrition Interventions, Nutritional Interventions Quality of Life Assessment Mammography, MAMMOGRAPHY, mammography, MG Biological Sample Collection, Biological Sample Collection, Biospecimen Collected, Biospecimen Collection, Specimen Collection

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* • Patients with pathologically proven DCIS or invasive breast cancer histologies
* Willing and able to provide informed consent
* Willing and able to comply with study treatments including dietary intervention
* Body mass index (BMI) \>= 21 at time of enrollment
* Age \>= 40 years at time of consent

\* Patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) must be \>= 50 years of age at time of consent
* Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score 70 - 100
* Tumor size =\< 3.0 cm
* Gross disease within the breast must be unifocal

\* Gross disease may be multifocal as long as the total extent of tumor, gross and microscopic, occupies a volume with greatest dimension =\< 3 cm
* Patients with invasive disease are required to have clinical axillary staging including axillary ultrasound (US) that proves patient is clinically node negative or can be done by physical examination if the patient is over 70
* Patient is not being considered for preoperative chemotherapy
* Must be English or Spanish speaking

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient is clinically node positive: clinically suspicious axillary lymph node(s) by axillary US or exam unless biopsied and found to be negative
* Patient has stage IV metastatic disease

\* Patients with oligo-metastatic disease who are being treated with curative intent per the treating physician will not be excluded if all other eligibility criteria are met
* Breast tumor size is \> 3.0 cm
* Positive non-axillary sentinel nodes or evidence of suspicious supraclavicular, infraclavicular, or internal mammary nodes by imaging or physical exam, unless biopsied and found to be negative for tumor
* Evidence by physical examination or mammography of other suspicious masses, densities, or microcalcifications in either breast, unless biopsied and found to be benign
* Paget's disease of the nipple
* Previous breast radiation on ipsilateral side
* Any prior treatment with radiation therapy or chemotherapy for the current breast cancer diagnosis prior to registration
* Patients with significant psychiatric illness that would preclude them from adhering to the protocol in the judgement of the treating clinician
* BMI \< 21 at the time of study enrollment
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Thomas Jefferson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nicole Simone, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Locations

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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Nicole Simone, MD

Role: CONTACT

215-955-8874

Facility Contacts

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Nicole Simone, MD

Role: primary

215-955-6702

Other Identifiers

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JT 12711

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

20D.876

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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