๐ฌIn plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
This is a prospective, randomized, monocentric, non-inferiority interventional clinical study comparing an Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) for the surgical bed of early-stage breast cancer patients with favorable histological subtypes, using stereotactic radiotherapy in a single dose of 15.5 Gy with Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) to 21 Gy (study treatment, delivered in a single fraction) versus multifractionated radiotherapy of 30 Gy in 5 fractions (standard treatment, delivered in 5 fractions).
Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.
๐ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Histological diagnosis of breast cancer
2. Patients aged โฅ40 years
3. Signed informed consent
4. Stage pTis-T2, up to 3 cm in the greatest diameter
5. Luminal A and Luminal B HER2-negative histological subtypes
6. Negative surgical margins (โฅ 0.2 cm)
7. Negative lymph nodes at sentinel lymph node biopsy, or alternatively with imaging tests (Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) and/or axillary ultrasound, and/or breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with and without contrast), or, in rare cases, where still performed, with axillary dissection
8. Clinical M0 (PET/CT and/or bone scintigraphy and/or abdomen-pelvis CT with and without contrast in suspected patients), within the previous 3 months.
9. Performance Status (PS) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) โค2
10. No prior thoracic radiotherapy
11. Fertile women using contraception methods initiated during oncological treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients aged \< 40 years
2. Tumors \> 3 cm
3. Multicentric tumors
4. Positive or close surgical margins (\<0.2 cm)
5. Lobular carcinoma
6. Negative hormone receptors
7. HER2-positive
8. BReast CAncer (BRCA) genes BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 positive (only if known)
9. Severe systemic diseases
10. Psychiatric or other disorders that may prevent the patient from signing informed consent
11. Previous invasive cancer, except for skin cancer (excluding melanoma) unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 3 years (e.g., carcinoma in situ of the oral cavity or bladder)
12. Collagen or autoimmune diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome)
13. Lymph node disease (N1)
14. Evidence of distant metastasis (M1)
15. Contraindication to systemic treatment
16. Pregnant women
17. Non-compliance with the dose limits established in the treatment plan
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What it tests
- Adjuvant single-fraction accelerated partial breast irradiation
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milan, Italy
๐ค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ always decide together with your own doctor.