Accelerated Hypofractionated 1 Week Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-01

Study Completion Date

2019-06-30

Brief Summary

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Accelerated hypofractionated 1 week post-mastectomy chest wall irradiation in breast cancer patients will presumably produce comparable toxicity and disease control in comparison to 3 weeks schedule.

The aim is to evaluate toxicity and disease control after implementation of accelerated hypofractionated 1 week chest wall irradiation in breast cancer patients.

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Detailed Description

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Operational Design Patient Assessment Pre-radiotherapy assessment is done to provide a baseline for use in further follow-up and to rule out metastasis. This includes detailed history taking, full physical examination, hematological and biochemical laboratory evaluation, tumor markers: CA15-3, plain chest X-ray, pelvi-abdominal ultrasound, ECHO for left cancer breast, bone scan if indicated.

Treatment schedule and delivery The patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups, each group of 50 patients. The first group (arm A) will receive a dose of 27 Gy to the chest wall using 3D conformal radiotherapy (5.4 Gy per fraction) over one week, whilst, the second group (arm B) will receive a dose of 40 Gy to the chest wall (2.67 Gy per fraction) over three weeks.

Setup, simulation and target definition For setup, patients were positioned on a wingboard with both arms raised above the head and radiopaque markers along breast borders. Subsequently, the 5-mm slice-thick axial CT images were acquired from the lower mandible aspect to 5 cm below contralateral inframammary fold. The CT images will be automatically transferred to a planning workstation, where the CTV and relevant organs-at-risk (OARs) will be outlined. The planning of the tangential fields will be based on the target volume delineation for the dose-volume distribution analysis. The heart and ipsilateral lung were separately contoured as organs at risk, the heart was outlined to the pulmonary trunk superiorly, including pericardium and excluding major vessels. For setup verification purposes, weekly digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) were performed.

Evaluation of Treatment Follow-up is done for assessment of toxicity and disease-free and overall survival.

During follow-up, patients are examined after completion of radiotherapy and at 3 and 6 months. Surveillance includes a full clinical examination, hematological and biochemical laboratory evaluation, tumor markers: CA15-3, plain chest X-ray, pelvi-abdominal ultrasound, ECHO for left cancer breast, bone scan if indicated.

Acute skin toxicity was assessed at the completion of radiotherapy and after 3 months (RTOG 2015), late skin toxicity was scored from 6 months after radiation and referred to the time of last examination (LENT/Soma Tables 1995). The maximal detected toxicity was scored according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.0, using the RTOG/EORTC toxicity scale associated with radiation as reference (NCI 2013) (Cox et al, 1995).

Admininistrative Design

Approvals for performing this study are obtained from:

A) The recruited cases; B) The Institutional Review Board (IRB) RESULTS Collected data will be presented in tables and suitable graphs and analyzed using SSPS package. Mean and standard deviations will be estimated for quantitative data and median for non-normally distributed data. Actuarial or life tables analysis will be used for estimating survival and long-rank test for comparison of curves. P value is significant at 0.05 level.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Radiotherapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups, each group of 50 patients. The first group (arm A) will receive a dose of 27 Gy to the chest wall using 3D conformal radiotherapy (5.4 Gy per fraction) over one week, whilst, the second group (arm B) will receive a dose of 40 Gy to the chest wall (2.67 Gy per fraction) over three weeks.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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group 1

The first group 50 patient (arm A) will receive a dose of 27 Gy to the chest wall using 3D conformal radiotherapy (5.4 Gy per fraction) over one week,

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

adjuvant radiotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Treatment schedule and delivery The patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups, each group of 50 patients. The first group (arm A) will receive a dose of 27 Gy to the chest wall using 3D conformal radiotherapy (5.4 Gy per fraction) over one week, whilst, the second group (arm B) will receive a dose of 40 Gy to the chest wall (2.67 Gy per fraction) over three weeks.

group 2

the second group 50 patient (arm B) will receive a dose of 40 Gy to the chest wall (2.67 Gy per fraction) over three weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

adjuvant radiotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Treatment schedule and delivery The patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups, each group of 50 patients. The first group (arm A) will receive a dose of 27 Gy to the chest wall using 3D conformal radiotherapy (5.4 Gy per fraction) over one week, whilst, the second group (arm B) will receive a dose of 40 Gy to the chest wall (2.67 Gy per fraction) over three weeks.

Interventions

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adjuvant radiotherapy

Treatment schedule and delivery The patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups, each group of 50 patients. The first group (arm A) will receive a dose of 27 Gy to the chest wall using 3D conformal radiotherapy (5.4 Gy per fraction) over one week, whilst, the second group (arm B) will receive a dose of 40 Gy to the chest wall (2.67 Gy per fraction) over three weeks.

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* histological diagnosis of breast adenocarcinoma
* prior modified radical mastectomy
* negative resection margins (3 mm)
* pathological stage pT1-pT2, N0-2 (AJCC, 2017)
* no macroscopic evidence of distant metastases at diagnosis
* Age 18-80 years
* Normal hematological and biochemical laboratory tests
* Written informed consent was obtained from all patients

Exclusion Criteria

* locally advanced disease pT3-pT4, N3
* positive surgical margins
* prior thoracic radiation
* synchronous second primary tumor
* distant metastases
* pregnancy
* presence of a concomitant psychiatric disorder precluding an aware informed consent.
* age \>80 years

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No