Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Before or After Breast Surgery for Treatment of Patients With Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06635980

Last Updated: 2025-12-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-05-14

Study Completion Date

2034-10-21

Brief Summary

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This phase II trial studies how well hypofractionated radiotherapy before (preoperative) or after (postoperative) breast surgery works in treating patients with different types of non-metastatic (has not spread from original tumor site) breast cancer and to determine the outcomes and side effects of this treatment. Radiation therapy is considered an integral part of breast conserving therapy. Hypofractionated radiation therapy is a radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into large doses and treatments are given less than once a day. This has been shown to be an effective treatment for breast cancer while reducing treatment time and decreasing side effects. Preoperative radiotherapy alone or concurrently with chemotherapy has also been tested with excellent results and with minimal toxicity. Preoperative radiation of the intact tumor with a hypofractionated regimen can potentially decrease toxicity by allowing the delivery of treatment to intact breast tissue. The potential advantages of preoperative radiation therapy include the delivery of radiation in the intact breast when radiation can be more effective as more oxygen can be available in the tissue. Furthermore, complications and cosmetic results are expected to be lower in pre-operative radiotherapy before surgery, as there have been no changes in blood supply to the breast. This lends to the possibility of using lower doses of radiotherapy to patients, and potentially better cancer associated clinical outcomes for our breast cancer patients. Undergoing hypofractionated radiation therapy before or after breast surgery may be safe and effective in treating patients with different types of non-metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Compare the rate of grade (G)3 or higher radiation treatment related adverse events with the use of preoperative and postoperative radiation within the first 2-years for groups A-D.

CORRELATIVE AND EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Grade 3 wound complications and seroma infection between preop and postoperative radiation.

II. Locoregional control with or without surgery at 2-years in group D (Her2+). III. To evaluate radiographic complete response and near complete response. IV. To estimate the 5-year locoregional control, distant recurrence, invasive disease-free survival, cause-specific survival, and overall survival.

V. To evaluate patient-reported outcomes. VI. To evaluate clinical features, treatment technique, dose-volume parameters, histologic and genetic variants associated with adverse events, and fair and poor cosmetic outcomes or unplanned surgical intervention.

VII. Evaluate tumor mutation signatures before and after chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, correlate tumor mutation signatures before and after radiation with pathologic information at the time of surgery.

VIII. To describe the pathologic changes seen in breast cancer patients with preoperative radiation.

IX. Evaluate circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, neo-epitopes, and peripheral blood mononuclear before and after chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery; correlate tumor mutation signatures before and after radiation with pathologic information at the time of surgery.

X. Group A-D: Determine the rate of implant/tissue expander failure after preop and postop radiation.

XI. Group A-C: To determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate and near pathologic rate with cellularity \<10% after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and hypofractionated radiotherapy to the whole breast with nodal irradiation if indicated, based on the postsurgical specimen.

XII. Group D: Determine locoregional control with the use of preoperative radiation conformal radiation. It will be determined based on the number of patients with controlled locoregional disease at 6-months.

XIII. Group A-C: To determine true radiographic complete response based on post treatment positron emission tomography (PET) standardized uptake value (SUV) \<2.5 or uptake \< mediastinum.

XIV. Group A-C: To determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate and near pathologic rate with cellularity \<10% after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and hypofractionated radiotherapy to the whole breast with nodal irradiation if indicated, based on the postsurgical specimen.

XV. Group E: To determine the rates of surgery for locoregional disease after RT at 2 and 5-years.

XVI. Group E: To determine the rates of persistent disease in the breast or regional lymphatics after RT at 2 and 5-years.

OUTLINE: Patients with low risk and high risk estrogen receptor (ER) positive disease, triple negative disease and HER2 positive disease without complete response are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. Patients with HER2 positive, complete response disease are assigned to arm I.

ARM I: Patients undergo standard of care (SOC) chemotherapy followed by breast hypofractionated radiotherapy once daily (QD) for a total of 5 fractions. Patients then undergo SOC breast surgery 10 weeks after radiation treatment. Patients also undergo computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM), and/or breast ultrasound (US) throughout the study. Additionally, patients undergo a biopsy and may undergo optional blood sample collection and tissue collection on study.

ARM II: Patients undergo SOC chemotherapy and SOC breast surgery followed by breast hypofractionated radiotherapy QD for a total of 5 fractions. Patients also undergo CT, MRI, PET, CEDM, and/or breast US throughout the study. Additionally, patients undergo a biopsy and may undergo optional blood sample collection and tissue collection on study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 16 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months, 48 months and at 5 years.

Conditions

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Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8 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 (Preoperative radiation therapy + surgery)

Patients undergo SOC chemotherapy followed by breast hypofractionated radiotherapy QD for a total of 5 fractions. Patients then undergo SOC breast surgery 10 weeks after radiation treatment. Patients also undergo CT, MRI, PET, CEDM, and/or breast US throughout the study. Additionally, patients undergo a breast biopsy and may undergo optional blood sample collection and tissue collection on study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Biopsy of Breast

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo breast biopsy

Biospecimen Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo blood sample collection

Breast Surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo breast surgery

Chemotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Receive SOC chemotherapy

Computed Tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo CT

Contrast Enhanced Digital Mammography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo CEDM

Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Undergo hypofractionated radiotherapy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo MRI

Positron Emission Tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo PET

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Tissue Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo tissue collection

Ultrasound Imaging

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo ultrasound

Arm II (Surgery + postoperative radiation therapy)

Patients undergo SOC chemotherapy and SOC breast surgery followed by breast hypofractionated radiotherapy QD for a total of 5 fractions. Patients also undergo CT, MRI, PET, CEDM, and/or breast US throughout the study. Additionally, patients undergo a breast biopsy and may undergo optional blood sample collection and tissue collection on study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Biopsy of Breast

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo breast biopsy

Biospecimen Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo blood sample collection

Breast Surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo breast surgery

Chemotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Receive SOC chemotherapy

Computed Tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo CT

Contrast Enhanced Digital Mammography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo CEDM

Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Undergo hypofractionated radiotherapy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo MRI

Positron Emission Tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo PET

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Tissue Collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo tissue collection

Ultrasound Imaging

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Undergo ultrasound

Interventions

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Biopsy of Breast

Undergo breast biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Biospecimen Collection

Undergo blood sample collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Breast Surgery

Undergo breast surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Chemotherapy

Receive SOC chemotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Computed Tomography

Undergo CT

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Contrast Enhanced Digital Mammography

Undergo CEDM

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy

Undergo hypofractionated radiotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo MRI

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Positron Emission Tomography

Undergo PET

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Tissue Collection

Undergo tissue collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Ultrasound Imaging

Undergo ultrasound

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Breast Biopsy Biological Sample Collection Biospecimen Collected Specimen Collection Chemo Chemotherapy (NOS) Chemotherapy, Cancer, General CAT CAT Scan Computed Axial Tomography Computerized Axial Tomography Computerized axial tomography (procedure) Computerized Tomography Computerized Tomography (CT) scan CT CT Scan tomography CEDM Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography Hypofractionated Hypofractionated Radiotherapy hypofractionation Radiation, Hypofractionated Magnetic Resonance Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance MR MR Imaging MRI MRI Scan MRIs NMR Imaging NMRI Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging sMRI Structural MRI Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography PET PET Scan Positron emission tomography (procedure) Positron Emission Tomography Scan Positron-Emission Tomography PT Tissue Bank Tissue Repository Tissue/Specimen Collection 2-Dimensional Grayscale Ultrasound Imaging 2-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging 2D-US Ultrasonography Ultrasound Ultrasound Test Ultrasound, Medical US

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \>= 18 years
* Histological confirmation of breast cancer
* Clinical stage T1-T4 N0-3 M0
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 to 2
* Able to and provides Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved study specific written informed consent
* Able to complete all mandatory tests listed in the trial
* Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study)
* Indications for radiotherapy for breast cancer

Exclusion Criteria

* Medical contraindication to receipt of radiotherapy
* Severe active co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
* Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements or providing informed consent in the judgment of the principal investigator
* Active systemic lupus or scleroderma
* Pregnancy
* Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
* Prior receipt of ipsilateral breast or chest wall radiation
* Recurrent breast cancer
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carlos E. Vargas, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mayo Clinic

Locations

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Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Clinical Trials Referral Office

Role: CONTACT

855-776-0015

Facility Contacts

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Clinical Trials Referral Office

Role: primary

855-776-0015

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2024-08356

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

22-009070

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

GMROA2234

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

GMROA2234

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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