NCT06637202

Brief Summary

The main goal of the trial was to analyse the value of radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for patients with breast cancer, and to find groups of patients where the treatment could be omitted.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
1,187

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 1991

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
active not recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 1, 1991

Completed
6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 31, 1996

Completed
27.8 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 4, 2024

Completed
11 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 15, 2024

Completed
1.2 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 31, 2025

Completed
Last Updated

October 15, 2024

Status Verified

October 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

6 years

First QC Date

October 4, 2024

Last Update Submit

October 10, 2024

Conditions

Keywords

breast cancerradiotherapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Loco-regional recurrence

    Recurrence in the breast or regional lymph nodes

    35 years

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • survival

    35 years

  • Secondary malignancies

    35 years

Study Arms (2)

postoperative radiotherapy

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Patients were treated with radiotherapy to 50 Gy in 25 fractions

Radiation: postoperative radiotherapy

control

NO INTERVENTION

Patients received no further treatment after surgery

Interventions

50 Gy in 25 fractions

postoperative radiotherapy

Eligibility Criteria

AgeUp to 75 Years
Sexfemale
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • female
  • not over the age of 75 years
  • operated because of stage 1-2 invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast
  • radical excision of the tumour

You may not qualify if:

  • earlier cancer except cancer in situ of the cervix or skin
  • distant metastases

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Region Skane

Lund, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (14)

  • Sjostrom M, Fyles A, Liu FF, McCready D, Shi W, Rey-McIntyre K, Chang SL, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Holmberg E, Ferno M, Malmstrom P, Karlsson P. Development and Validation of a Genomic Profile for the Omission of Local Adjuvant Radiation in Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar 10;41(8):1533-1540. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.00655. Epub 2023 Jan 4.

  • Strell C, Stenmark Tullberg A, Jetne Edelmann R, Akslen LA, Malmstrom P, Ferno M, Holmberg E, Ostman A, Karlsson P. Prognostic and predictive impact of stroma cells defined by PDGFRb expression in early breast cancer: results from the randomized SweBCG91RT trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 May;187(1):45-55. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06136-4. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

  • Sjostrom M, Chang SL, Fishbane N, Davicioni E, Zhao SG, Hartman L, Holmberg E, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Malmstrom P, Ferno M, Karlsson P. Clinicogenomic Radiotherapy Classifier Predicting the Need for Intensified Locoregional Treatment After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Dec 10;37(35):3340-3349. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00761. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

  • Sjostrom M, Chang SL, Fishbane N, Davicioni E, Hartman L, Holmberg E, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Malmstrom P, Ferno M, Karlsson P. Comprehensive Transcriptomic Profiling Identifies Breast Cancer Patients Who May Be Spared Adjuvant Systemic Therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Jan 1;26(1):171-182. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-1038. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

  • Stenmark Tullberg A, Sjostrom M, Tran L, Nimeus E, Killander F, Kovacs A, Lundstedt D, Holmberg E, Karlsson P. Combining histological grade, TILs, and the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway to identify immunogenic tumors and de-escalate radiotherapy in early breast cancer: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 May;11(5):e006618. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-006618.

  • Stenmark Tullberg A, Sjostrom M, Nimeus E, Killander F, Chang SL, Feng FY, Speers CW, Pierce LJ, Kovacs A, Lundstedt D, Holmberg E, Karlsson P. Integrating Tumor-Intrinsic and Immunologic Factors to Identify Immunogenic Breast Cancers from a Low-Risk Cohort: Results from the Randomized SweBCG91RT Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 May 1;29(9):1783-1793. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-2746.

  • Egelberg M, De Marchi T, Pekar G, Tran L, Bendahl PO, Tullberg AS, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Farnebo M, Killander F, Nimeus E. Low levels of WRAP53 predict decreased efficacy of radiotherapy and are prognostic for local recurrence and death from breast cancer: a long-term follow-up of the SweBCG91RT randomized trial. Mol Oncol. 2023 Oct;17(10):2029-2040. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13426. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

  • Tutzauer J, Sjostrom M, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Killander F, Leeb-Lundberg LMF, Malmstrom P, Nimeus E, Ferno M, Jogi A. Breast cancer hypoxia in relation to prognosis and benefit from radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in a large, randomised trial with long-term follow-up. Br J Cancer. 2022 May;126(8):1145-1156. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01630-4. Epub 2022 Feb 9.

  • Killander F, Wieslander E, Karlsson P, Holmberg E, Lundstedt D, Holmberg L, Werner L, Koul S, Haghanegi M, Kjellen E, Nilsson P, Malmstrom P. No Increased Cardiac Mortality or Morbidity of Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients After Breast-Conserving Surgery: 20-Year Follow-up of the Randomized SweBCGRT Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Jul 15;107(4):701-709. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

  • Stenmark Tullberg A, Puttonen HAJ, Sjostrom M, Holmberg E, Chang SL, Feng FY, Speers C, Pierce LJ, Lundstedt D, Killander F, Nimeus E, Kovacs A, Karlsson P. Immune Infiltrate in the Primary Tumor Predicts Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer; Results from the Randomized SweBCG91RT Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Feb 1;27(3):749-758. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3299. Epub 2020 Nov 4.

  • Sjostrom M, Veenstra C, Holmberg E, Karlsson P, Killander F, Malmstrom P, Nimeus E, Ferno M, Stal O. Expression of HGF, pMet, and pAkt is related to benefit of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: a long-term follow-up of the SweBCG91-RT randomised trial. Mol Oncol. 2020 Nov;14(11):2713-2726. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12803. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

  • Killander F, Karlsson P, Anderson H, Mattsson J, Holmberg E, Lundstedt D, Holmberg L, Malmstrom P. No breast cancer subgroup can be spared postoperative radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Fifteen-year results from the Swedish Breast Cancer Group randomised trial, SweBCG 91 RT. Eur J Cancer. 2016 Nov;67:57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

  • Lundstedt D, Gustafsson M, Malmstrom P, Johansson KA, Alsadius D, Sundberg A, Wilderang U, Holmberg E, Anderson H, Steineck G, Karlsson P. Symptoms 10-17 years after breast cancer radiotherapy data from the randomised SWEBCG91-RT trial. Radiother Oncol. 2010 Nov;97(2):281-7. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.09.018. Epub 2010 Oct 20.

  • Egelberg M, De Marchi T, Schultz N, Tran L, Karlsson P, Holmberg E, Pekar G, Killander F, Nimeus E. The potential radiosensitization target PFKFB3 is related to response to radiotherapy in SweBCG91RT: a randomized clinical trial with long-term follow-up. BMC Cancer. 2025 Feb 28;25(1):374. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-13703-1.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsBreast DiseasesSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

  • Karlsson Per, MD, prof

    Göteborg University, Västra Götaland Region

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Erik Holmberg, PhD

    Göteborg University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Emma Nimeus Malmström, MD, ass prof

    Lund University, Region Skane

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Fredrika Killander, MD, PhD

    Region Skane, Lund University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 4, 2024

First Posted

October 15, 2024

Study Start

January 1, 1991

Primary Completion

December 31, 1996

Study Completion

December 31, 2025

Last Updated

October 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

This trial started in 1990

Locations