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NCT Number: NCT06202118

A Study of Diffusing Alpha Radiation Therapy for Patients With Breast Carcinoma in Frail or Elderly Patients.

A unique approach for cancer treatment employing intratumoral diffusing alpha radiation emitter device for the treatment of newly diagnosed or Recurrent Breast Carcinoma in frail or elderly patients.

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Key information

Age range

65 year–120 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hadassah Medical Center

Jerusalem, 9777605, Israel

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Tanir Michal Eloise, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

About this study

This is a Prospective Open label Single arm multi-center interventional study. The study is designed to evaluate the Feasibility and Safety of DaRT seeds for the treatment of newly diagnosed or Recurrent Breast Carcinoma in frail or elderly patients.

The study will be comprised of a screening period, DaRT insertion visit, acute follow-up phase of 4- 8 weeks and a long-term follow up phase of 24 months. The total duration of the study will be 24 months from the DaRT insertion procedure.

A total of 10 subjects will be enrolled from all breast cancer subtypes (HR+/HER-2-, HR+/HER-2+, HR-/HER-2-, and HR-/HER-2-.). No formal interim analysis is planned for this study.

Eligible patients who meet inclusion/exclusion criteria (as assessed during the screening period) will be invited to the site for the procedure of DaRT seeds insertion. The patients will be monitored for a period of 24 months post insertion

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically confirmed invasive breast tumor with no involvement of skin within 12 months.
  • Tumor size ≤ 4 centimeters in the longest diameter.
  • Tumor is not deemed as resectable with radical surgery or the patient does not wish to go through surgery
  • De-novo or recurrent lesions.
  • Single lesion per quadrant per subject.
  • Targeted lesion must be technically amenable for complete coverage (including margins) by the DaRT seeds.
  • Interstitial implant indication validated by multidisciplinary team.
  • ECOG Performance Status ≤3.
  • Life expectancy ≥12 months.
  • Women Age ≥65 or younger if unfit for standard of care.
  • Willing and have the ability to provide signed Informed Consent.
  • Blood tests values:
  • Leucocytes ≥3000mm3,
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1500mm3,
  • Platelets ≥100,000 mm3,
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5xULN,
  • AST, SGOT, SGPT ≤2.5xULN, If Alkaline Phosphatase ≤ 4xULN, then transaminases are normal.
  • Creatinine ≤ 2.0xULN.
  • INR or Prothrombin time ≤1.5xULN

Exclusion criteria

  • T4 category with skin involvement.
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ.
  • Inflammatory breast carcinoma.
  • Longest tumor diameter >4 cm.
  • Patients with prior radiation to the same area within the past 6 months.
  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment.
  • Patients undergoing immunosuppressive and/or systemic corticosteroid treatment except for steroid inhalations for treatment of asthma or lung disease
  • Subjects not willing to sign an informed consent.

Treatment and study plan

Diffusing Alpha Radiation Emitters Therapy (DaRT)

Device

An intratumoral insertion of radioactive sources [Ra-224 containing stainless-steel 316LVM tubes- (Alpha DaRT seeds)]. The seeds release by recoil into the tumor short-lived alpha-emitting atoms

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility -DaRT seed placement

    Time frame: immediately following the insertion procedure

    Feasibility will be determined according to the Rate of successful placement of DaRT seeds via imaging

  2. Safety- Adverse events

    Time frame: From Day 0

    Safety will be determined according to the overall incidence of device related SAE'sgraded according to CTCAE v5.0 criteria

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy - Control evaluation

    Time frame: 3,6,12 and 24 months

    To evaluate efficacy, as determined by local control evaluation according to RECIST v1.1

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Aviya Hoida

CONTACT

[email protected]

+972547869466

Liron Dimnik

CONTACT

[email protected]

+972542688602

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Alpha Tau Medical LTD.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Pilot Feasibility and Safety Trial of Intratumoral Diffusing Alpha-emitter Radiation Therapy (DaRT) for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Breast Carcinoma in Frail or Elderly Patients.

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jan 11, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 7, 2025

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