Toxicity and Outcome of Whole Breast Hypofractionated Radiotherapy: a Single Institution Experience
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Brief Summary
This is a homogeneous, single institution, observational, non-interventional, prospective study of 500 patients who will be treated according to the standard protocol of adjuvant hypofractionated radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery, at a total dose of 40 Gy/ 15 fr (5 fr/ week, 3 consecutive weeks). In addition to the regular follow up, the patients will respond to the quality-of-life questionnaires (QLQ) of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), general, QLQ- C30, and specific for breast (BR), QLQ- BR23, at the first visit, at the end of radiotherapy and at the subsequent follow-up visits from 6 months up to 5 and a half years, to evaluate the quality of life during and after the treatment. The study also has a retrospective arm of approximately 3300 patients (number of patients and characteristics of disease expanded with the amendment presented to the Lombardia 1 Ethics Committee in May 22/2024), treated from January 2009, for whom disease control and toxicity will be evaluated.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Nov 2016
Longer than P75 for all trials
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2016
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 16, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 10, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 30, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2026
April 22, 2025
April 1, 2025
10.1 years
February 16, 2017
April 19, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
quality of life after hypofractionated adjuvant radiotherapy
degree of general quality of life worsening of patients treated with hypofractionated adjuvant radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery assessed with EORTC quality of life questionnaires QLQ C30
up to 66 months
breast specific quality of life after hypofractionated adjuvant radiotherapy
degree of specific quality of life worsening of patients treated with hypofractionated adjuvant radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery assessed with EORTC quality of life questionnaire QLQ BR23
up to 66 months
Secondary Outcomes (9)
Local Relapse Free Survival
From the date of radiotherapy end until the date of local progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
Regional Relapse Free Survival
From the date of radiotherapy end until the date of regional progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
Distant Metastases Free Survival
From the date of radiotherapy end until the date of distant progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
Disease Free Survival
From the date of radiotherapy end until the date of first documented clinical progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
Cancer Specific Survival
From the date of radiotherapy end until the date of death from disease progression, assessed up to 120 months
- +4 more secondary outcomes
Other Outcomes (5)
Aesthetic result
From three months after the start of radiotherapy until the end of follow-up or death, assessed up to 120 months
Predictive factor for disease progression and death
From radiotherapy end to date of local, regional progression, distant failure, or death, assessed up to 120 months
Radiomic predictive factors for disease progression and death
From radiotherapy end to the first registered event (disease progression or death), assessed up to 120 months
- +2 more other outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Quality of life
Quality of life of breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery (quadrantectomy) and adjuvant hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy according to the institutional standard regimen, to a total dose of 40 Gy in 15 fraction over 3 weeks will be measured with EORTC quality of life questionnaires QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23, before the start of the radiotherapy, at the end of the radiotherapy and subsequently at every follow-up visit (the first at 6 months after the end of the treatment, then annually for 5 consecutive years after the first follow up visit).
Breast cancer, retrospective
In the observational retrospective cohort patients with histologically confirmed breast cancer treated with hypofractionated/ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy to: * whole breast +/- Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) to surgical bed, * breast/chest wall and lymph node areas +/- SIB to surgical bed, * surgical bed only, with accelerated partial breast irradiation, using 3D conformal radiotherapy or advanced radiotherapy techniques (IGRT, IMRT, SBRT) will be included.
Interventions
The quality of life of breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery and adjuvant whole breast hypofractionated radiotherapy, without boost, will be evaluated.
Eligibility Criteria
Breast cancer patients treated with surgery (conservative/mastectomy), and hypofractionated/ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy to surgical bed or whole breast +/-SIB, +/- regional lymph nodes
You may qualify if:
- Breast cancer patients with TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours pathological stage Tis-T4d, N0-N3, treated with surgery (conservative or mastectomy), accelerated partial breast irradiation or whole breast hypofractionated radiotherapy +/-SIB +/- regional lymph node irradiation
You may not qualify if:
- \- male breast cancer patients
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milan, MI, 20132, Italy
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PMID: 32241520RESULT
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Andrei Fodor, M.D.
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- M.D.
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 16, 2017
First Posted
March 10, 2017
Study Start
November 1, 2016
Primary Completion (Estimated)
November 30, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2026
Last Updated
April 22, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- for 2 years after the study closes
- Access Criteria
- Request from the corresponding author approved by the Lombardy Territorial Ethics Committee 1
The data that support the findings of this study (anonymized individual participant data) are available on request from the corresponding author to researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal. Requests made to the corresponding author (AF) will be evaluated by the Lombardy Territorial Ethics Committee 1.