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NCT Number: NCT06075953

DCIS: RECAST Trial Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Re-Evaluating Conditions for Active Surveillance Suitability as Treatment

The goal of this trial is to see if active surveillance monitoring and hormonal therapy in patients diagnosed with ductal cell carcinoma in situ (DCIS), an early stage of breast cancer, can be an effective management of the disease.

Participants will be asked to receive control hormonal therapy or an investigational hormonal therapy treatment. Participants will be asked to return for evaluation with MRI at three months and six months. Depending on the evaluation participants will have the option to continue on the treatment. If the evaluation suggests surgery is recommended, the participant will discontinue the study treatment and will undergo surgery. In addition to the treatment and MRI evaluation, participants will be asked to provide blood sample to understand their immune status, provide saliva sample for genetic testing, provide the study with a portion of the tissue or slides generated from tissue removed during surgery performed as part of their standard of care.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Berkeley Outpatient Center, Berkeley, California, United States

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About this study

The goal of this trial is to see if active surveillance monitoring and hormonal therapy in patients diagnosed with Ductal cell Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), an early stage of breast cancer, can be an effective management of the disease. The current management of most patients with DCIS involves surgical intervention with or without radiation, similar to more aggressive breast cancers. These treatments can come with some significant health effects.The main question this study aims to answer is: to determine whether novel endocrine therapy increases the fraction of patients who will be suitable for long-term active surveillance.

Participants will be asked to take one of three investigational study medication (z-Elacestrant, Testosterone + Anastrazole, or Endoxifen) or receive control hormonal therapy (Tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor), depending on the treatment to which they have been randomized. Participants will be asked to return for evaluation with MRI at three months and six months. Depending on the evaluation, participants will have the option to continue on the treatment, with follow up evaluations of Mammogram and MRI at 6 month intervals. If the evaluation suggests surgery is recommended, the participant will discontinue the study treatment and will undergo surgery. In addition to the treatment and MRI evaluation, participants will be asked to:

  • Provide blood sample to understand their immune status
  • Provide saliva sample for genetic testing
  • Provide the study with a portion of the tissue or slides generated from tissue removed during surgery performed as part of their standard of care.

Participants will be followed annually for 10 years.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

A. Female, at least 18 years old

B. Previous diagnosis of HR+ DCIS (at least 50% ER or PR; biopsy will have been performed previously at diagnosis) with or without microinvasion

  • Patients with a diagnosis of hormone positive DCIS who have undergone surgery with positive margins that have not been re-excised are candidates to enroll in the trial.

C. Patients who have previously received endocrine therapy should have a washout period of at minimum 4-6 weeks prior to the screening MRI on the RECAST-DCIS trial

D. Bilateral mammogram performed within up to 6 months (180 days) of the start of trial treatment may be used for screening evaluation. If a bilateral mammogram has been performed within 1 year (12 months) of the start of trial treatment, then a diagnostic unilateral mammogram within 6 months (180 days) of the start of trial treatment will be acceptable for screening evaluation.

E. MRI performed on an I SPY (RECAST) approved scanner within 2 months (60 days) of the start of trial treatment for lesion evaluation may be used for screening evaluation.

F. CBC w/ diff, CMP, and Lipid Panel within normal limits within a year of the start of trial treatment. Abnormal labs to be repeated within 60 days prior to the start of trial treatment. Patients will be considered eligible for screening labs that are abnormal or out-of-range if the investigator has deemed the lab results not-clinically significant

G. Negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 1 month of the start of trial treatment

H. Controlled HIV positive patients are allowed as long as their current medication does not contraindicate the study's investigational agent

I. Willingness and ability to provide tumor samples for research

Exclusion criteria

A. Pregnant or actively breastfeeding women

B. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to study agent based on review of the medical record and patient history

C. Invasive carcinoma or identification of a mass on MRI that is subsequently biopsied and found to be invasive cancer

D. Co-enrollment in clinical trials of pharmacologic agents requiring an IND

E. Ongoing treatment for DCIS other than what is specified in this protocol

F. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including psychiatric conditions, that would limit compliance with study requirements

G. Medical history or ongoing gastrointestinal disorders potentially affecting the absorption of investigational agent and/or tamoxifen. Active inflammatory bowel disease or chronic diarrhea, known active hepatitis A/B/C*, hepatic cirrhosis, short bowel syndrome, or any upper gastrointestinal surgery including gastric resection or banding procedures

*Active hepatitis, defined as: A (positive HA antigen or positive IgM); B (either positive HBs antigen or positive hepatitis B viral DNA test above the lower limit of detection of the assay); C (positive hepatitis C antibody result, and quantitative hepatitis C (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) results greater than the lower limits of detection of the assay)

H. Participants who are unable to swallow normally or unable to take tablets and capsules. Predictable poor compliance with oral treatment

I. Participants with substantial MRI artifacts (e.g., related to localizer sequences, cardiac devices such as pacemakers, or other hardware) that render the lesion non-evaluable.

J. Severe allergy or reaction history to MRI contrast.

K. Participants currently undergoing or who have received treatment for another malignancy within the previous 6 months.

Treatment and study plan

Tamoxifen

Drug

For premenopausal women: 20 mg tamoxifen orally daily (standard dose) or 10 mg every other day (low dose).

For postmenopausal women who are not tolerating an AI, investigators can change them to the low dose (10 mg every other day) or standard dose (20 mg) of tamoxifen.

Exemestane

Drug

For postmenopausal women: standard oral doses of AI of choice: exemestane 25 mg daily, or reduced exemestane dosing: 25 mg 3 times per week orally

letrozole

Drug

For postmenopausal women: standard oral doses of AI of choice: letrozole 2.5 mg daily.

Anastrazole

Drug

For postmenopausal women: standard oral doses of AI of choice: anastrozole 1 mg daily.

Testosterone + Anastrazole

Drug

Investigational drug. Both pre- and post- menopausal subjects. 100mg testosterone in combination with 4mg anastrazole administered subcutaneously every 3 months for up to 3 years.

Other names: T+Ai

Elacestrant

Drug

Investigational drug. Both pre- and post- menopausal subjects. Elacestrant 400mg PO with food once daily up to 36 months.

Z-Endoxifen

Drug

Investigational drug. Both pre- and post- menopausal subjects. (z)-endoxifen 10mg delayed release capsule 1 hour before a meal or 2 hours after a meal once daily for up to 36 months.

Primary outcomes

  1. Patients remaining on active surveillance at 7 months

    Time frame: 7 months

    Fraction of patients remaining on active surveillance at 7 months compared to control

Secondary outcomes

  1. To determine whether novel endocrine therapy increases the fraction of patients who will be suitable for long-term active surveillance as measured by the fraction of patients deemed to be low-risk for invasive cancer at 6 months compared to control

    Time frame: 6 months

    Fraction of patients categorized as low risk by MRI after 6 months of treatment--Measured by cases demonstrating endocrine responsiveness (Determined based on lesion and background or lesion alone or lack of lesion and minimal background)

  2. To determine whether novel endocrine therapy increases the fraction of patients who will be suitable for long-term active surveillance as measured by the fraction of patients deemed to be low-risk for invasive cancer at 3 months compared to control

    Time frame: 3 months

    Fraction of patients categorized as low risk by MRI after 3 months of treatment--Measured by cases demonstrating endocrine responsiveness (Determined based on lesion and background or lesion alone or lack of lesion and minimal background)

  3. Associate rate of progression to Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) with risk categorization after 6 months of treatment at 3 years

    Time frame: 3 years

    Correlation of low-risk categorization at 6 months with subsequent rate of Invasive Ductal Cell Carcinoma progression at 3 years

  4. To assess the QoL impact of novel endocrine therapy compared to tamoxifen or Aromatase inhibitor (Ai) at standard or low dose using PROMIS and the FACT-ES and FACT-GP5 composite score compared to control

    Time frame: 6 months

    Fraction of patients experiencing Minimum Important Difference in overall QOL measured by PROP-R statistics (PROMIS) and FACT-ES (functional assessment of cancer therapy- endocrine symptoms) and FACT-GP5, a quality of life (QoL) assessment)

  5. For those with an identified lesion on MRI imaging, determine whether neoadjuvant endocrine therapy decreases lesion volume (qualitative, quantitative) and whether that corresponds to the biologic type of Ductal cell carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)

    Time frame: 6 months

    Rate of reduction in focal lesions (mass and non-mass enhancement (NME) at 6 months and Rate of reduction in focal lesions using automated Functional Tumor Volume

  6. To determine whether neoadjuvant endocrine therapy decreases automated background parenchymal enhancement (BPE and automated MRI density compared to Ai and Tamoxifen

    Time frame: 6 months

    % with contralateral reduction in qualitative and automated BPE and % reduction in contralateral breast density

  7. Determine adherence to active surveillance protocol

    Time frame: 5 years

    Time to discontinuation of therapy (Tolerability of therapy) will be measured, and Adherence rates on each regimen, as well as PROP-R, FACT-ES and FACT-GP5 score on each regimen will be measured. These assessments will be combined to evaluate efficacy and toxicity using a novel clinical benefit index.

  8. Change in artificial intelligence predicted risk based on mammography

    Time frame: 5 years

    Correlation of BPE change with agent and compare to quantitative imaging density

Other outcomes

  1. Assess Germ Line polygenic risk: assess correlation of detectable mutations with endocrine response and qualification for active surveillance at 7 months

    Time frame: 7 months

    evaluate influence of polygenic risk on endocrine response and suitability for Active Surveillance

  2. To evaluate outcomes stratified by immune and molecular subtype based upon multiplex immuno histochemistry (IHC) clustering analysis, and RPS expression array profiling

    Time frame: 7 months

    Response stratified by multiplex immune staining for Human Epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) isoforms and Response Predictive Subtypes (RPS)

Study contacts

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

Kim Nelson, RN

CONTACT

[email protected]

+1 (888) 343-9922 ext. 343

Tammy Neseth, MA, CCRP

CONTACT

[email protected]

+1 (507) 269-8060

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

QuantumLeap Healthcare Collaborative

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Registry information

Official study title

DCIS: RECAST Trial -Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Re-Evaluating Conditions for Active Surveillance Suitability as Treatment: a Breast Cancer Prevention Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2033
First posted
Oct 10, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 21, 2026

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