Radiation Therapy in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer

August 19, 2013 updated by: University of California, San Francisco

The Relationship Between Plasma Transforming Growth Factor-beta 1 (TGF-β) and Fractionation in Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Randomized Study

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy in different ways may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying the side effects and best way to give radiation therapy and to see how well it works in treating patients with invasive breast cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Compare the ratio between post- and pre-treatment plasma transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β) in women with invasive breast cancer undergoing hypofractionated radiotherapy vs standard-fractionated external-beam radiotherapy.

Secondary

  • Establish longitudinal serum and plasma biorepository for retrospective evaluation of TGF-β and other biomarkers with special relevance to radiation response.
  • Correlate pre-treatment plasma TGF-β levels with clinical fibrosis development.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I (hypofractionated radiotherapy): Patients undergo external-beam radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for up to 3.5 weeks (16 fractions total).
  • Arm II (standard fractionated radiotherapy): Patients undergo radiotherapy as in arm I at a lower dose for up to 5 weeks (25 fractions total).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

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

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
        • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer

  • Underwent lumpectomy (breast-preserving surgery) with or without adjuvant chemotherapy within the past 12 weeks

    • Histologically negative surgical margins (i.e., no tumor on ink)

  • Candidates for postoperative breast radiotherapy

    • Determined not to need radiotherapy to regional nodes (e.g., third supraclavicular field)
  • Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Female
  • Menopausal status not specified
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No history of scleroderma or systemic lupus erythematosis
  • No other prior or concurrent malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior breast radiotherapy

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Catherine C. Park, MD, University of California, San Francisco

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2004

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 8, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

March 10, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 21, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 19, 2013

Last Verified

August 1, 2013

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000465214

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