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NCT Number: NCT04040569

A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Single Fraction Pre-operative Partial Breast (S-PBI) for Early Stage Breast Cancer

The purpose of this phase I trial is to evaluate dose-limiting toxicity while dose escalating single-fraction preoperative S-PBI to a presumed radioablative dose over 3 cohorts, starting with 30Gy in 1 fraction and advancing to 34Gy and 38Gy in 1 fraction.

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Key information

Conditions

Breast Cancer Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Skin Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas

Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

About this study

Preoperative stereotactic breast radiation may be beneficial as it offers the ability to target smaller treatment volumes than what has been achievable with adjuvant PBI (Nichols IJROBP 2010), track radiobiological response to radiation at time of surgical pathology, and allow the removal of all irradiated tissue to potentially minimize late effects.The purpose of this phase I trial is to evaluate dose-limiting toxicity while dose escalating single-fraction preoperative S-PBI to a presumed radioablative dose over 3 cohorts, starting with 30Gy in 1 fraction and advancing to 34Gy and 38Gy in 1 fraction. This would be accomplished on the CyberKnife or GammaPod. The GammaPod is a novel device dedicated to S-PBI utilizing a Cobalt-60 source (Yu Med Phys 2013), which offers a highly reproducible prone setup with a mean of 1.8mm of mismatch reported in 15 patients at the University of Maryland on consecutive scans (Yu JCO 2011). Implications of this research are far reaching, including determination of the maximally tolerated dose for preoperative S-PBI, pathologic complete response rates of early stage breast cancer to a predicted radioablative dose, radiographic markers of treatment response (radiomics), and translational research assessing mechanisms of immune and radiation response.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Invasive epithelial (ductal, medullary, lobular, papillary, mucinous (colloid), or tubular) histologies of the breast 3 cm or less(T1-T2cN0) in women who have not undergone surgery or neoadjuvant endocrine or chemotherapy for current breast cancer diagnosis
  • Tumor must not involve the overlying skin based on imaging evaluation and/or clinical exam
  • Age >/= 18 years old and female
  • Greatest Tumor dimension is 3cm or less based on US. MRI measurements can be included only if performed BEFORE the biopsy
  • Tumor must be unifocal
  • The tumor must be visible on CT scan and/or preferably marked with clip(s) in tumor
  • Patients must undergo an MRI for work up to aid in tumor delineation and to rule out additional foci of disease. If additional foci of disease are present, they need to have a negative biopsy to proceed with treatment.If patient cannot have MRI, contrast enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) is allowed in place of MRI.
  • Clinically and radiographically node negative on ultrasound of the axilla or MRI
  • Estrogen receptor positive or Progesterone receptor positive and Her2neu negative
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.
  • Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control) prior to the start of study and for the duration of radiation therapy. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately

A female of child-bearing potential is any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria:

  • Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or
  • Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months

Exclusion criteria

  • Multi-centric disease
  • Prior RT to the involved breast
  • Tumor size >3cm
  • 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, in the opinion of the investigator, would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Patients who are pregnant or lactating due to the potential exposure to the fetus to radiation therapy and unknown effects of radiation therapy to lactating females
  • Patients unable to have an MRI or contrast enhanced digital mammography (CEDM)
  • Prior ipsilateral breast cancer
  • Tumor less than 5mm from the skin surface on clinical exam and/or radiographic imaging
  • Patients with active Lupus or scleroderma

Treatment and study plan

Radiomics on MRI

Radiation

Through extracting and analyzing a large number of features from medical imaging, radiomics has shown promising results in treatment outcome prediction for many diseases including breast cancer (45-50). UTSW physics group has developed several new radiomic approaches and radiomic features, such as a multi-objective radiomics model(51) and a new radiomic "Shell" feature(52). As an exploratory end point for this trial, the investigators will explore the application radiomics using pre-treatment MRI, treatment parameters and clinical characteristics as input to predict pathological response of radiation therapy (XRT) based on pathology report of surgical tissues and local recurrence.

Primary outcomes

  1. Reach the maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

    Time frame: 5 years

    The primary objective is to escalate the dose of 1 fraction stereotactic partial breast radiotherapy utilizing the MR Linac, Gammapod or Cyberknife system to an ablative dose in the pre-operative setting to the primary tumor without exceeding the maximum tolerated dose in patients with early stage breast cancer. Done by escalating the dose of SBRT toward the tumorcidal dose of 38 Gy in fraction. Doses will be escalated an additional 3.5-4 Gy per treatment. The phase I portion of the study will be completed when either of the following events occur: 1) the MTD for a cohort is reached or 2) when delivery of a pre-determined highest dose of radiation (38 Gy) that has been deemed likely to be efficacious for treatment of early stage breast cancer is attained.Toxicity will be assessed according to the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cosmesis outcome

    Time frame: 5 years

    Photographs of both breasts will be taken and cosmesis form will be graded by the patient and the radiation oncologist at twelve months from the start of therapy and at yearly intervals thereafter and an independent panel established at UTSW Medical Center will evaluate cosmesis at the end of study.

    Excellent: When compared to the untreated breast, there is minimal or no difference in the sizes, shape, or texture of the treated breast. There may be mild thickening or scar tissue within the breast or skin, but not enough to change the appearance Good: There is mild asymmetry in the size or shape of the treated breast as compared to the normal breast. The thickening or scar tissue within the breast causes only mild change in the shape Fair: There is obvious difference in the size and shape of the treated breast. This change involves ¼ or less of the breast Poor: Marked change in the appearance of the treated breast involving more than ¼ of breast tissue

  2. Local Control

    Time frame: 5 years

    computed using Kaplan-Meier curves along with the 95% confidence interval

  3. Acute Toxicity

    Time frame: 90 Days

    Exact binomial method will be used to calculate toxicity. Toxicity will be assessed according to the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0.

  4. Late Toxicity

    Time frame: 24 Months

    Exact binomial method will be used to calculate toxicity. Toxicity will be assessed according to the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0.

  5. Rates of Surgical Morbidity

    Time frame: 5 years

    Number of patients with surgical morbidity

  6. Pathologic Complete Response Rates

    Time frame: 5 years

    Exact binomial method will be used to calculate the response rate.

  7. Distant Disease-Free Survival

    Time frame: 5 years

    computed using Kaplan-Meier curves along with the 95% confidence interval

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 31, 2019
Registry last updated
Sep 17, 2025

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