NCT04065321

Brief Summary

The incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women has increased year by year, and luminal A breast cancer commonly occurs in early-stage and postmenopausal women. This type of breast cancer is not sensitive to chemotherapy, although it has a low mortality rate and distant metastasis rate. Studies have shown that luminal A breast cancer is sensitive to endocrine therapy. Patients with breast cancer who undergo excision should be followed up and their prognosis should be monitored regularly. At present, imaging detection is mainly used in the conventional follow-up of breast cancer, but the cost of many imaging examinations is high, so a cost-effective examination is urgently needed. Recent studies have found that circulating tumor cells can be used as a new type of tumor molecular marker, which can be used to diagnose tumors, judge the prognosis and monitor the efficacy by detecting the number and characteristic protein expression of circulating tumor cells. Because circulating tumor cells may develop abnormalities 4-6 months earlier than conventional imaging examination, as long as circulating tumor cells of patients are abnormal, timely PET-CT examination will neither miss diagnosis nor delay the condition. Simultaneously, the cost of hospitalization can be obviously reduced. This non-inferiority randomized controlled clinical trial is designed to compare the differences in postoperative conditions between circulating tumor cell detection and conventional imaging examination in patients with luminal A breast cancer without lymph node metastasis.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
500

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
40mo left

Started Oct 2019

Longer than P75 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

2 active sites

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress67%
Oct 2019Sep 2029

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 21, 2019

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

August 22, 2019

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

October 1, 2019

Completed
5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 30, 2024

Completed
5 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 30, 2029

Expected
Last Updated

May 5, 2022

Status Verified

May 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

5 years

First QC Date

August 21, 2019

Last Update Submit

May 3, 2022

Conditions

Keywords

Circulating tumor cellsPET

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Disease-free survival

    Disease-free survival refers to the period from breast cancer excision to local recurrence, distant metastasis confirmed by clinical evidence, diagnosis of the second primary tumor or death of the patient.

    5 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Overall survival

    5 years

Other Outcomes (4)

  • Total length of hospital stay

    5 years

  • Average length of hospital stay per reexamination

    5 years

  • Total cost of reexaminations

    5 years

  • +1 more other outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Control group

250 patients will be assigned into control group.

Procedure: PET-CT examination

Trial group

250 patients will be assigned into trial group.

Procedure: Peripheral blood detection

Interventions

All patients in the control group will undergo PET-CT examination after operation, and will reexamination once every 4 months in 2 years, every 6 months in 3-5 years, and every year in more than 5 years.

Control group

All patients in the trial group will be followed up after operation, and will reexamination once every 4 months in 2 years, every 6 months in 3-5 years, and every year in more than 5 years. Peripheral blood will be collected for detection of circulating tumor cells at each follow-up. If circulating tumor cells are abnormal (number of circulating tumor cells ≥ 2 or CD133 ≥ 1), PET-CT will be performed immediately.

Trial group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 60 Years
Sexfemale(Gender-based eligibility)
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

500 patients will be recruited from outpatients and admission office of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University by posting recruitment notice listing the study details on the bulletin board. The patients will be randomly divided into trial group and control group, with 250 patients per group.

You may qualify if:

  • estrogen receptor (≥ 10%), progesterone receptor (≥ 10%) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative;
  • proliferation index Ki-67 \< 20%;
  • no lymph node metastasis;
  • systemic therapy (chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy) in accordance with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines;
  • provision of informed consent of patients and their families.

You may not qualify if:

  • Bilateral breast cancer;
  • inflammatory breast cancer;
  • pregnancy or lactation;
  • history of other cancers or chest radiotherapy.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (2)

Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University

Shenyang, Liaoning, 110004, China

RECRUITING

Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute

Shenyang, Liaoning, 110042, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast NeoplasmsNeoplastic Cells, Circulating

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsBreast DiseasesSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue DiseasesNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplastic ProcessesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Jianyi Li, MD

    Shengjing Hospital

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 21, 2019

First Posted

August 22, 2019

Study Start

October 1, 2019

Primary Completion

September 30, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 30, 2029

Last Updated

May 5, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

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