Selective Omission of Axillary Surgery in Triple-negative and HER2-positive Breast Cancer After NACT

NCT ID: NCT05314114

Last Updated: 2022-04-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

136 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-03

Study Completion Date

2028-09-30

Brief Summary

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is standard treatment for many triple-negative (TNBC) and HER2-positive breast cancer. Study showed about half of the biopsy-proven axillary disease will be eradicated by NACT and converted to ypN0 indicating the efficacy of systemic treatment in local disease control.

According to current guidelines, all initial cN0 patients will undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) after NACT and further axillary dissection (ALND) if tumor residual is discovered after SLNB. Data suggest patients who underwent SLNB have a significantly higher rate of disability in the early post-operative period compared to patients who did not and the avoidance of SLNB might translate into a considerable reduction of physical and emotional distress. Recent studies revealed the association between breast pCR and ypN0 status after NACT. Initially cN0 TNBC and HER2-positive breast cancer patients who achieve pCR in breast after NACT have a very low risk of positive lymph node residual and are very unlikely to benefit from further axillary surgery including SLNB.

The investigators designed a clinical trial to test the hypothesis that selective omission of axillary surgery in distinct responders after NACT will not deteriorate survival. In the planned trial, axillary surgery will be completely eliminated for initially cN0 TNBC and HER2-positive breast cancer patients who achieve pCR in breast after NACT determined by lumpectomy.

The trial is designed as a prospective, single-center, single-arm study with a limited number of patients (N=136). Patients will be recruited in China over a period of 36 months. Our results, together with other ongoing studies in other parts of the world with a similar design, might give practice-changing results and spare the time and the costs of a randomized comparison.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer Female

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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No Axillary Surgery

No axillary surgery including SLNB

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

No axillary surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

No axillary surgery

Interventions

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No axillary surgery

No axillary surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Written informed consent
* Core biopsy confirmed unicentric primary invasive triple-negative or HER2-positive breast cancer. Multifocal or multicentric tumors allowed only if breast-conserving surgery is deemed feasible.
* At least 18 years of age
* Initial tumor stage cT1c-T3N0M0 prior to NACT. cN0 stage established by clinical examination and ultrasonography
* In cases with suspicious lymph node, a negative core biopsy or fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the sonographically suspected lymph node is required
* Standard NACT with evident radiologic response
* Planned breast-conserving surgery with postoperative external whole-breast irradiation

Exclusion Criteria

* History of previous malignancy
* Histologically proven N1 patients, patients with distant metastasis (M1)
* Pregnant or lactating patients
* Inflammatory breast cancer
* Radiologically non-responsive after NACT
* Mastectomy planned after NACT
* planned intraoperative radiotherapy (e.g. Intrabeam) or postoperative partial breast irradiation (e.g. multicatheter technique) alone; both procedures are allowed as boost techniques
* Written informed consent not obtained
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Peking University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tao OUYANG

Professor, Director of the Breast Cancer Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Peking University Cancer Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Facility Contacts

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TAO OUYANG, M.D

Role: primary

0086-10-88196696

Other Identifiers

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BC-P29

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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