This phase II trial studies how well breast surgery alone works compared to radiotherapy given before breast surgery in treating patients with ductal carcinoma in situ. Radiotherapy uses high energy rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. A form of radiotherapy for breast cancer usually given after breast surgery is partial breast irradiation. Partial breast irradiation is given only to the area of the breast where the cancer was removed. Giving partial breast irradiation before surgery instead of after may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. This study may also lead the way to future investigations aimed at omitting radiotherapy or surgery.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT03909282.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine if neoadjuvant partial breast irradiation (PBI) can completely ablate at least 30% of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) tumors.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine if DCIS subtypes exhibit differential sensitivity to neoadjuvant PBI.
Ia. Subtypes will be defined based on grade, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2.
Ib. Transcriptome wide gene expression profiling will also be assessed to further characterize tumor response to neo-radiation therapy.
II. To assess pathologically radiation-induced treatment effect, pre- versus post-therapy (tumor grade, nuclear atypia, % tumor necrosis and tumor cellularity will be quantified on the basis of percentage of overall tumor area and compared pre- and post-treatment).
III. To evaluate wound complications after neoadjuvant radiation followed by surgery compared to upfront surgery.
IV. To correlate post-radiation imaging characteristics with pathologic findings.
V. To compare rate of invasive carcinoma found at surgery in Arm 1 to Arm 2.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo lumpectomy or mastectomy. Patients also undergo mammography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during screening.
ARM II: Patients undergo partial breast irradiation once daily for 5 days and lumpectomy or mastectomy 12-16 weeks after completion of radiation. Patients also undergo mammography or MRI during screening and on the study.
After completion of study, patients are followed up at weeks 1-2, 6, and 12.
Lead OrganizationStanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
Principal InvestigatorIrene Leonor Wapnir