About this trial
In this ABLATIVE-2 trial, low-risk breast cancer patients will be treated with MRI-guided single dose preoperative partial breast radiotherapy to assess the rate of pathologic complete response after an interval of six to twelve months between radiotherapy and surgery. Response monitoring will be assessed using MRI and markers in blood and tumor tissue to enable prediction of pathologic response.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
WHO performance scale ≤2.
Females at least 50 years of age with unifocal cT1N0 breast cancer on mammography, ultrasound and MRI.
Patients with an indication for chemotherapy or HER2-targeted therapy according to Dutch National Oncoline Guidelines or own hospital protocols are not eligible. Patients with an indication for endocrine therapy are eligible.
Tumor size as assessed on MRI.
Disqualifiers
Legal incapacity.
BRCA1, BRCA2 or CHEK2 gene mutation.
Distant metastasis.
Previous history of breast cancer or DCIS.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Single dose ablative radiotherapy
RadiationPatients will receive a single dose of 20Gy/15Gy on the gross tumor volume and clinical tumor volume respectively, in the context of pre-operative partial breast irradiation
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Pathologic complete response
pCR is defined as the absence of residual invasive cancer on resected breast specimen
Secondary outcomes
Radiologic complete response
Radiologic complete response (rCR) is defined as complete absence of pathologic contrast enhancement in the original tumor bed and complete absence of pathologic ADC (apparent diffusion coefficient) reduction in the original tumor bed. rCR is reported according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 guidelines.
Treatment-related adverse events
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria Adverse Events version 5.0
Patient quality of life
PROMs are assessed using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer core-30 quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30)
Breast cancer specific quality of life
PROMs are assessed using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer breast cancer-specific quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-BR23)
Sponsors and contacts
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Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Lead sponsor
Dutch Cancer Society
Collaborator