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Post-operative Radiotherapy Omission in Selected Patients With Early Breast Cancer Trial International VErsion (PROSPECTIVE)

A Two-arm, Non-randomised, Prospective, Multicentre Study Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Findings and Pathology Features to Select Patients With Early Breast Cancer for Omission of Post-operative Radiotherapy

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
50 Years and older
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: MRI scans

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "The ANZ 1002 PROSPECT study was a two-arm phase II study that used breast MRI findings and pathological features to identify a group of patients with low risk early breast cancer in whom RT may be safely omitted."
  • "The findings at the primary strongly support the hypothesis and suggest that the combination of preoperative MRI and pathological features can identify a substantial group of early breast cancer patients in whom adjuvant RT can be safely omitted."
  • "A Health Economic analysis of PROSPECT found that the avoided costs of RT and its potential side effects is likely to substantially outweigh the extra cost of MRI scans and associated investigations."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether an MRI breast scan can help choose people with early breast cancer who can skip radiation treatment after surgery. It checks whether cancer returns in the same breast. It is for women age 50 or older, and only those who meet extra scan and surgery rules can skip radiation.

The PROSPECTIVE trial aims to find out if using the results of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for early breast cancer can select people to not have radiotherapy and still have a low chance of the cancer coming back after surgery. The main question it aims to answer is: \* Will cancer come back in the same breast as the original cancer in patients who have surgery for their breast cancer, but who don't have radiotherapy afterwards because the results of an MRI before surgery showed favourable characteristics for not having radiotherapy.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Give written consent to join the study.
  • Be a woman age 50 or older with invasive breast cancer confirmed by a tissue test. The cancer must be ER-positive (uses estrogen to grow), HER2-positive (has high levels of a growth protein), or both.
  • Be expected to live at least 10 years and able to have follow-up care for 10 years.
  • Have breast images showing one cancer site in only one breast before signing up.
  • Be willing and able to have surgery within 8 weeks of joining or the MRI before surgery, whichever is later.
  • Be able to care for yourself and be out of bed or a chair for more than half of waking hours, even if you cannot work.
  • To skip radiation, meet extra MRI and surgery rules. These include surgery that keeps the breast, a total tumor size of 20 mm or less, and enough cancer-free tissue around the removed tumor.
  • To skip radiation, also meet rules for lymph nodes, tissue test results, and other breast findings. Those with grade 3 (fast-growing) or HER2-positive cancer must agree to recommended medicines. Group assignment must happen within 8 weeks after the last breast surgery.

Who can't join

  • Triple-negative breast cancer, which lacks the ER, PR, and HER2 markers.
  • Past invasive breast cancer or DCIS (cancer inside the milk ducts) in either breast, or past radiation to the breast or chest.
  • Plans to have a mastectomy, which removes the breast.
  • Cancer in small blood or lymph vessels on the first tissue test, more than one cancer site in the breast, cancer in both breasts, or cancer spread to distant body parts.
  • A known inherited gene change linked to breast cancer risk.
  • A health reason that makes a breast MRI unsafe or unsuitable.
  • Another illness or condition that limits expected life to 10 years or less, or inability to give informed consent.
  • Moderate or high contrast uptake in normal tissue in the affected breast, if an MRI was done before joining.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: For inclusion in the study at Registration, participants must fulfil all of the following criteria: 1. Has provided written, informed consent to participate in the study. 2. Female participants ≥ 50 years old with histologically\* confirmed ER-positive and/or HER2-positive invasive breast cancer. 3. Has a life expectancy of at least 10 years and suitable for prolonged follow up for 10 years. 4. Breast imaging indicating unifocal, unilateral breast cancer must have been performed before pre-registration. 5. Willing/able to have surgery within 8 weeks of registration or pre-operative MRI, whichever occurs later. 6. Have ECOG performance status 0-2. * Oestrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status of invasive cancer will be assessed by immunohistochemistry on the diagnostic core biopsy specimen. The IHC results will be reported as percentage of nuclei stained and a score of intensity from negative, weak, intermediate or high staining HER2 neu status will be assessed by immunohistochemistry and will be scored as follows46: * 0 or 1+ (HER2 negative): No staining or membrane staining that is incomplete and is faint/barely perceptible and in ≤ 10% of tumour cells (0); or incomplete membrane staining that is faint/barely perceptible and in \> 10% of tumour cells (1+). * 2+ (equivocal): weak to moderate complete membrane staining observed in \> 10% of tumour cells. Must order reflex test (same specimen using ISH) or order a new test (new specimen if available using HIS or ISH). * 3+ (HER2 positive): Circumferential membrane staining that is complete, intense and in \> 10% of tumour cells. Exclusion Criteria: Any one of the following at Registration is regarded as a criterion for exclusion from the study: 1. Triple negative breast cancer (ER-negative and PR-negative and HER2-negative) where ER and PR positivity is defined as ≥ 10% staining on IHC. 2. Previous invasive breast cancer and/or DCIS in either breast. 3. Prior RT to the breast or chest. 4. Participants who plan to have a mastectomy for the index cancer. 5. Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) reported on diagnostic core biopsy. 6. Multifocal/multicentric breast cancer on breast imaging before registration. 7. Distant metastasis at diagnosis. 8. Bilateral breast cancer 9. Known breast cancer predisposition gene mutation carriers (BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, CHEK2, ATM, CDK1, p53, BARD1, RAD51C, RAD51D, CDH1, STK11, PTEN). 10. Contraindication to breast MRI scanning. 11. Concurrent illness/conditions which limits life expectancy to 10 years or less. 12. Has moderate or marked BPE in the breast containing the index cancer (where MRI is done before registration). 13. Inability to give informed consent. Allocation: Arm A - Radiotherapy Omission In addition to the above criteria, for inclusion in the omission of radiation therapy arm of the study after surgery, participants must fulfil all the following criteria. Participants not fulfilling any one of the following criterial will be allocated to Arm B: 1. Has nil/minimal or mild BPE in the breast containing the index lesion on pre-operative breast MRI. 2. BCS with unifocal\*\*, invasive primary tumour (including any surrounding DCIS) ≤ 20 mm. The overall tumour size (including additional foci of DCIS) must remain ≤ 20 mm. The tumour size is defined as the longest distance between the outer most edges of all foci, the space between the two or more foci is included in the overall size: Size = ('Focus A + Focus B + 'the distance between A and B'). 3. Radial resection margins must be ≥ 2 mm clear of any invasive cancer and ≥ 2 mm clear of any DCIS. Superficial or deep margins of \< 2 mm for invasive cancer and DCIS are allowed if there is no tumour on ink and all breast tissue from the subcutaneous tissue or pectoralis fascia respectively was removed and radial margins are ≥ 2 mm for invasive cancer and DCIS. 4. pN0 (pN0 i+ is eligible for inclusion) by sentinel node biopsy and/or axillary dissection. 5. Absence of LVI and extensive intraductal component (EIC) on final pathology. 6. The extent of invasive cancer is at least 50% of the total tumour size (invasive cancer + DCIS). 7. Have no additional BIRADS 3+ lesions not shown to be benign on pre-operative or surgical biopsy. 8. Participants with Grade 3 cancer and/or HER2-positive cancer must agree to comply with systemic treatment recommendations. 9. Participants must be allocated to a treatment arm within 8 weeks after final breast surgery. * Where histopathology is unable to identify a 'bridge' of tumour tissue joining two or more apparent invasive cancer foci the following will be used to confirm unifocal disease: * All foci must be of the same histological subtype * All foci must have the same hormone (ER and PR) and HER2 status. Allocation: Arm B - Standard Treatment (ineligible for RT omission on study; includes management of MRI-detected lesions) In addition to the above Inclusion Criteria, participants who fulfil one any of the following criteria will receive standard treatment: 1. Has moderate or marked BPE in the breast containing the index lesion on pre-operative breast MRI. 2. Has a biopsy-proven mOL identified on breast MRI. 3. Suspicious lesion identified on CEM but not on MRI and confirmed on investigation to be a DCIS or invasive breast cancer. 4. Surgical pathology does not meet the inclusion criteria. 2mm radial margins are required, as guidelines suggesting "no tumour on ink" relate to those receiving adjuvant RT. 5. Clinical team meeting determination that RT be recommended. 6. Participant chooses to have RT despite being eligible for RT omission.

Study sites (2)

CA

TX