APBI Versus EBRT Therapy After Breast Conserving Surgery for Low-risk Breast Cancer

NCT00402519 | Unknown Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: GEC-ESTRO APBI Trial
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,300
• Locations: 5 countries
• Sites: 11

Brief Summary

To assess the role of interstitial brachytherapy alone compared to whole breast irradiation in a defined low-risk group of invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ concerning local failure (all ipsilateral local recurrences) to affirm the hypothesis that local control rates in each arm are equivalent.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

accelerated partial breast irradiation; multicatheter brachytherapy; high dose rate brachytherapy; pulsed dose rate brachytherapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Local control

  5-years, 10 ten-years

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Incidence and severity of acute and late side effects

  5-years

• Differences in cosmetic results

  5-years

• Distant metastases free survival

  5-years

• Survival rates (Overall Survival, Disease-free Survival)

  5-years

• Contralateral breast cancer rate

  5-years

Study Arms (2)

APBI

EXPERIMENTAL

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation with multicatheter brachytherapy

Radiation: Accelerated partial breast irradiation

EBRT

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Standard External Beam Whole Breast Irradiation

Radiation: External beam whole breast irradiation

Interventions

Accelerated partial breast irradiation RADIATION

APBI with PDR and HDR brachytherapy

APBI

External beam whole breast irradiation RADIATION

Standard Whole breast irradiation

EBRT

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Stage 0, I or II breast cancer.
• Invasive ductal, papillary, mucinous, tubular, medullary or lobular carcinoma.
• Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) alone.
• No lymph invasion (L0) and no hemangiosis (V0).
• Lesions of \> 3 cm diameter, histopathologically confirmed.
• pN0/pNmi (a minimum of 6 nodes in specimen, or a negative sentinel node is acceptable); in the case of DCIS alone axillary staging (e.g. sentinel lymph node biopsy) is optional.
• M0.
• Clear resection margins at least 2 mm in any direction; by lobular histology or DCIS histology only the resection margins must be clear at least 5 mm.
• For DCIS only: lesions must be classified as low or intermediate risk group (Van Nuys Prognostic Index \<8).
• Unifocal and unicentric DCIS or breast cancer.
• Age \>= 40 years.
• Time interval from final definitive breast surgical procedure to the start of external beam therapy or to brachytherapy is less than 12 weeks (84 days). If patients receive chemotherapy the radiotherapy can be started before systemic treatment (within 12 weeks). The radiation therapy can be also given in the interval between the chemotherapy courses. It is also possible to start radiation therapy after chemotherapy is completed according local protocols as soon as possible within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
• Signed study-specific consent form prior to randomization.

You may not qualify if:

• Stage III or IV breast cancer.
• Surgical margins that cannot be microscopically assessed.
• Extensive intraductal component (EIC).
• Paget's disease or pathological skin involvement.
• Synchronous or previous breast cancer.
• Prior malignancy (\< 5 years prior to enrollment in study) except non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical carcinoma FIGO 0 and I if patient is continuously disease-free.
• Pregnant or lactating women.
• Collagen vascular disease.
• The presence of congenital diseases with increased radiation sensitivity, for example Ataxia telangiectatica or similar.
• Psychiatric disorders.
• Patient with breast deemed technically unsatisfactory for brachytherapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School: lead

Study Sites (11)

University Hospital AKH Wien, Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology

Vienna, Austria

Location

University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Radiation Oncology

Erlangen, 91054, Germany

Location

University Hospital Kiel, Department of Radiation Oncology

Kiel, Germany

Location

University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Radiation Oncology

Leipzig, Germany

Location

University Hospital Lübeck, Department of Radiation Oncology

Lübeck, Germany

Location

Hospital Barmherzige Brüder, Department of Radiation Oncology

Regensburg, Germany

Location

University Hospital Rostock, Department of Radiation Oncology

Rostock, Germany

Location

National Institute of Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology

Budapest, Hungary

Location

Kierownik Zakladu Brachyterapii, Cetrum Onkologii

Warsaw, Poland

Location

Catalan Institut of Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology

Barcelona, 08907, Spain

Location

Valencian Institut of Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology

Valencia, 46009, Spain

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Strnad V, Polgar C, Ott OJ, Hildebrandt G, Kauer-Dorner D, Knauerhase H, Major T, Lyczek J, Guinot JL, Gutierrez Miguelez C, Slampa P, Allgauer M, Lossl K, Polat B, Fietkau R, Schlamann A, Resch A, Kulik A, Arribas L, Niehoff P, Guedea F, Dunst J, Gall C, Uter W; Groupe Europeen de Curietherapie and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology. Accelerated partial breast irradiation using sole interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy compared with whole-breast irradiation with boost for early breast cancer: 10-year results of a GEC-ESTRO randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 Mar;24(3):262-272. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00018-9. Epub 2023 Feb 1.

  PMID: 36738756 DERIVED

• Schafer R, Strnad V, Polgar C, Uter W, Hildebrandt G, Ott OJ, Kauer-Dorner D, Knauerhase H, Major T, Lyczek J, Guinot JL, Dunst J, Miguelez CG, Slampa P, Allgauer M, Lossl K, Kovacs G, Fischedick AR, Fietkau R, Resch A, Kulik A, Arribas L, Niehoff P, Guedea F, Schlamann A, Gall C, Polat B; Groupe Europeen de Curietherapie of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (GEC-ESTRO). Quality-of-life results for accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation in early breast cancer after breast-conserving surgery (GEC-ESTRO): 5-year results of a randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Jun;19(6):834-844. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30195-5. Epub 2018 Apr 22.

  PMID: 29695348 DERIVED

• Polgar C, Ott OJ, Hildebrandt G, Kauer-Dorner D, Knauerhase H, Major T, Lyczek J, Guinot JL, Dunst J, Miguelez CG, Slampa P, Allgauer M, Lossl K, Polat B, Kovacs G, Fischedick AR, Fietkau R, Resch A, Kulik A, Arribas L, Niehoff P, Guedea F, Schlamann A, Potter R, Gall C, Uter W, Strnad V; Groupe Europeen de Curietherapie of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (GEC-ESTRO). Late side-effects and cosmetic results of accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery for low-risk invasive and in-situ carcinoma of the female breast: 5-year results of a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Feb;18(2):259-268. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30011-6. Epub 2017 Jan 14.

  PMID: 28094198 DERIVED

• Ott OJ, Strnad V, Hildebrandt G, Kauer-Dorner D, Knauerhase H, Major T, Lyczek J, Guinot JL, Dunst J, Miguelez CG, Slampa P, Allgauer M, Lossl K, Polat B, Kovacs G, Fischedick AR, Wendt TG, Fietkau R, Kortmann RD, Resch A, Kulik A, Arribas L, Niehoff P, Guedea F, Schlamann A, Potter R, Gall C, Malzer M, Uter W, Polgar C; Groupe Europeen de Curietherapie of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (GEC-ESTRO). GEC-ESTRO multicenter phase 3-trial: Accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy versus external beam whole breast irradiation: Early toxicity and patient compliance. Radiother Oncol. 2016 Jul;120(1):119-23. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.06.019. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

  PMID: 27422584 DERIVED

• Strnad V, Ott OJ, Hildebrandt G, Kauer-Dorner D, Knauerhase H, Major T, Lyczek J, Guinot JL, Dunst J, Gutierrez Miguelez C, Slampa P, Allgauer M, Lossl K, Polat B, Kovacs G, Fischedick AR, Wendt TG, Fietkau R, Hindemith M, Resch A, Kulik A, Arribas L, Niehoff P, Guedea F, Schlamann A, Potter R, Gall C, Malzer M, Uter W, Polgar C; Groupe Europeen de Curietherapie of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (GEC-ESTRO). 5-year results of accelerated partial breast irradiation using sole interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation with boost after breast-conserving surgery for low-risk invasive and in-situ carcinoma of the female breast: a randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2016 Jan 16;387(10015):229-38. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00471-7. Epub 2015 Oct 19.

  PMID: 26494415 DERIVED

Related Links

• Trial Homepage with a short version of the protocol

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Vratislav Strnad, MD

  University Hospital Erlangen, Germany

  STUDY CHAIR

• Csaba Polgár, MD

  National Institute of Oncology Budapest, Hungary

  STUDY CHAIR

• Oliver J Ott, MD

  University Hospital Erlangen, Germany

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 21, 2006
• First Posted: November 22, 2006
• Study Start: November 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2009
• Study Completion: November 1, 2019
• Last Updated: May 13, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

HU (1); ES (2); DE (6); PL (1); AU (1)