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Table 4 Summary of the clinical trials regarding pre-operative breast cancer radiotherapy in single fraction

From: Single fraction ablative preoperative radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer: the CRYSTAL study – a phase I/II clinical trial protocol

Trial ID

Status

Title

Treatment

Description/endpoint

Primary outcome measure

Estimated/ actual primary completion date

NCT03863301

Recruiting

MRI-guided single dose preoperative RT in low-risk BC

MR-guided single dose preoperative PBI

Dose: a single dose of 20 Gy to GTV and 15 Gy to CTV (GTV + 20 mm margin). Breast conserving surgery will be performed 12 months following PBI.

Evaluate efficacy of the treatment 12 months after RT, and to collect data on response monitoring (MRI, liquid biopsies and biopsy of the irradiated tumor). Patient-reported outcome measures will be evaluated.

pCR

November 2022

NCT02482376

Recruiting

Preoperative single-fraction RT in early-stage BC

Stereotactic body RT

Dose: a single fraction of 21Gy. Then standard of care surgery.

Assess toxicity, efficacy and to provide an avenue for understanding breast cancer radiation response through pre- and post-radiation breast tumor samples

Physician reported rates of good/excellent cosmesis at baseline and 6 months, 1, 2, and 3 years post-treatment as measured by the NRG cosmesis scale

September 2021

NCT03520894

Recruiting

RT in preoperative setting with CyberKnife for BC

Single fraction of RT with Cyberknife

Dose: a single fraction of 21 Gy.

Evaluate the safety and feasibility of single fraction RT and to identify predictive factors for outcome based on biologic and clinical parameters

Rate of acute skin toxicity events, measured according to RTOG/EORTC scale

May 1, 2022

NCT01717261

Recruiting

Single Pre-Operative RT (SPORT) for low-risk BC

Single fraction Pre-Operative RT

Dose: Dose escalation (15 Gy, 18 Gy, 20 Gy).

Assess if RT administered in a single preoperative fraction is tolerable in terms of acute, chronic toxicity and cosmetic outcome. Ipsilateral BC recurrence at 5 years will be assessed.

Acute toxicity and wound healing complications from the preoperative radiation treatment as per NCI CTCAE Common Toxicity Scale.

December 2019

NCT02316561

Completed

Single Dose Ablative RT for Early-Stage BC

Single dose ablative PBI

Dose: NS. Surgery will be performed 6 months after the ablative RT.

Investigate the feasibility, efficacy, cosmetic results, and quality of life after single dose, ablative PBI. Tumor related genetic characteristics associated with radiotherapy responsiveness will be evaluated.

pCR

April 2018, ACTUAL

NCT02212860

Recruiting

Stereotactic Image-Guided Neoadjuvant Ablative Radiation Then Lumpectomy (SIGNAL)

Stereotactic Body Radiation delivered in prone position, using Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT), planned on co-registered PET/MRI and CT imaging.

Dose: single dose of 21 Gy, then surgery.

Assess toxicity, cosmesis and efficacy of single fraction SBRT in early stage BC.

A pathologic assessment of the impact of radiation at a microscopic level and on tumor markers will be performed.

Toxicity graded according to CTCAE 4.0

April 2018, ACTUAL

  1. List of abbreviations: BC breast cancer, CTV clinical target volume, DLT dose limiting toxicity, GTV gross tumor volume, MR magnetic resonance, MTD maximum tolerated dose, PBI partial breast irradiation, pCR pathological complete response, SBRT stereotactic body radiotherapy, RT radiotherapy, NS not stated, RTOG Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, CTCAE Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events