MR-guided RAdiotherapy to Breast With Dose Escalation to regionaL Lymph NodEs (MIRABELLE)

August 14, 2020 updated by: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Radiotherapy to the breast and lymph nodes is routinely planned using CT scans. The introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to better visualise the lymph nodes and so define a smaller treatment area or 'target'. This means that the dose delivered to the target could be increased without increasing the dose to normal tissues. The MIRABELLE study is designed to test if this is possible by recruiting patients diagnosed with breast cancer including lymph node disease. The investigators will ask participants to have a CT scan and an MRI scan before they have radiotherapy. The investigators will then plan radiotherapy using both these scans and compare the possible dose delivered to the lymph nodes using the MRI and CT defined lymph nodes. This will not affect the patient's future treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

MR imaging has the potential to improve both the localisation of pan-LN treatments and the subsequent treatment delivery using MR-linac technology. The MIRABELLE study will apply the MR sequences developed in LN-negative volunteers/patients to the context of node-positive breast cancer patients with the aim of reducing the delineated nodal volume thereby facilitating dose-escalation to involved LNs. The benefit of using MRI for LN localisation as compared to conventional CT imaging will be investigated by determining whether a higher dose can be delivered using MRI- as compared to CT-based delineation. Any increase in dose will be deemed a success as this has potential to improve tumour control. In addition, inter-observer errors in outlining will be explored to investigate whether these are reduced using MRI. Reduced inter-observer errors would result in smaller margins for error such that less normal tissue could be irradiated.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Surrey
      • Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Female or male
  • Invasive carcinoma of the breast (left or right-sided)
  • cT1-T4,N3,M0-1 disease
  • Due to proceed to primary treatment (chemo, surgery, radiotherapy and/or endocrine therapy)
  • Histopathological involvement of axillary lymph nodes confirmed on FNA or Bx
  • Likely to undergo locoregional radiotherapy as part of their breast cancer management

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Implanted pacemakers and/or pacing wires
  • Cochlear implants
  • Programmable hydrocephalus shunts
  • Implanted neurostimulation systems
  • Implanted drug infusion pumps
  • Ferromagnetic implants
  • Claustrophobia

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Radiotherapy planning
Radiotherapy planning using both CT and MRI scans
Patients' radiotherapy will be planned using CT and MRI scans in order to establish the best methodology for planning of radiotherapy for nodal disease

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The number of patients in whom a higher dose can be delivered to the level IV (SCF) nodes without breaching brachial plexus constraints on the radiotherapy plans created using MR images compared with CT images
Time Frame: During a radiotherapy planning process, an average of 2 weeks
MR images are acquired with patient in a position as close as possible to the radiotherapy CT planning position. Images are acquired in a radiotherapy CT scanner with patient in a position replicating that achieved in the MRI scanner. The images are imported into a treatment planning system and consensus lymph node volume agreed between an expert radiation oncologist and MR radiologist. All pan-LN will be delineated on co-registered MRI sequences and on CT (using ESTRO guidelines) by 7 observers.
During a radiotherapy planning process, an average of 2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 18, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 12, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

December 12, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 19, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

January 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 17, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 14, 2020

Last Verified

August 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCR4738

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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