Breast Conservation Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer
De-Escalation of Breast Radiation Trial for Hormone Sensitive, HER-2 Negative, Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 18 Breast Cancer (DEBRA)
Recruiting
Phase 3Interventional Study
Stage I Breast Cancer
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Pivotal Trial
This treatment is in the last trial phase before FDA approval.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
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At a Glance
Age
50 – 70
Sex
Any
Trial phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Treatment
Participants needed
1,670 (estimated)
Sponsor
NRG Oncology · Other
Who this trial is looking for
This trial is looking for women with early-stage hormone-sensitive breast cancer who are interested in taking part in a study on surgery and hormone therapy without radiation. Participants will need to meet specific health criteria to join.
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Must not be takingTamoxifenRaloxifene
Rules you outInflammatory breast cancerPaget's disease of the nipple
You may be able to join if
I have been diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer.
I have had a lumpectomy with no invasive tumor at the margins.
I have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
I have an Oncotype DX Recurrence Score of 18 or lower.
I am positive for hormone receptors (ER and/or PgR).
I am HER2-negative.
I am premenopausal or postmenopausal.
I intend to take endocrine therapy for at least 5 years.
You may not be able to join if
I have metastatic breast cancer.
I have had a mastectomy.
I have suspicious lymph nodes that have not been confirmed negative.
I have non-epithelial breast malignancies.
I have a history of invasive breast cancer that was treated.
I have had recent treatments for breast cancer before joining.
I have any treatment plan that involves regional nodal irradiation.
I am taking any current endocrine therapy.
Summarized in plain language from this trial's official eligibility criteria.
The full criteria are further down this page — only the research team can
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This Phase III Trial evaluates whether breast conservation surgery and endocrine therapy results in a non-inferior rate of invasive or non-invasive ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) compared to breast conservation with breast radiation and endocrine therapy.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* • The patient or a legally authorized representative must provide study-specific informed consent prior to pre-entry/Step 1 and, for patients treated in the U.S., authorization permitting release of personal health information.
* The patient must have an ECOG performance st…
Inclusion Criteria:
* • The patient or a legally authorized representative must provide study-specific informed consent prior to pre-entry/Step 1 and, for patients treated in the U.S., authorization permitting release of personal health information.
* The patient must have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
* The patient must have undergone a lumpectomy and the margins of the resected specimen or re-excision must be histologically free of invasive tumor and DCIS with no ink on tumor as determined by the local pathologist. If pathologic examination demonstrates tumor at the line of resection, additional excisions may be performed to obtain clear margins. (Patients with margins positive for LCIS are eligible without additional resection.)
* The tumor must be unilateral invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast on histologic examination.
* Patient must have undergone axillary staging (sentinel node biopsy and/or axillary node dissection).
* The following staging criteria must be met postoperatively according to AJCC 8th edition criteria:
* By pathologic evaluation, primary tumor must be pT1 (less than or equal to 2 cm).
* By pathologic evaluation, ipsilateral nodes must be pN0. (Patients with pathologic staging of pN0(i+) or pN0(mol+) are NOT eligible.)
* Oncotype DX Recurrence Score of less than or equal to 18 on diagnostic core biopsy or resected specimen.
\*\* For patients with a T1a tumor (less than or equal to 0.5 cm in size) or patients at Canadian provinces or approved international sites where Oncotype DX Recurrence Score testing would not be covered, who do not already have an Oncotype DX Recurrence Score at pre-entry/Step 1, a specimen (unstained blocks or slides) must be sent to the Genomic Health centralized laboratory. Tumor size sample must be greater than or equal to 0.2 cm for analysis.
\*\*\* The Oncotype RS can be run on the biopsy core or surgical specimen. The patient cannot have initiated endocrine therapy prior to tissue collection.
* An Oncotype RS is required for eligibility, however, for a patient whose tumor has already had a MammaPrint test completed as part of usual care when being considered for enrollment and is in the binary "Low" category will meet this eligibility criteria and an Oncotype RS does not need to be performed.
* The tumor must have been determined to be ER and/or PgR positive assessed by current ASCO/CAP Guideline Recommendations for hormone receptor testing. Patients with greater than or equal to 1% ER or PgR staining by IHC are considered positive.
* The tumor must have been determined to be HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP guidelines.
* Patients may be premenopausal or postmenopausal at the time of pre-entry/Step 1. For study purposes, postmenopausal is defined as:
* Age 56 or older with no spontaneous menses for at least 12 months prior to pre-entry/Step 1; or a documented hysterectomy; or
* Age 55 or younger with no spontaneous menses for at least 12 months prior to pre-entry/Step 1 (e.g., spontaneous or secondary to hysterectomy) and with a documented estradiol level in the postmenopausal range according to local institutional/laboratory standard; or Documented bilateral oophorectomy.
* The interval between the last surgery for breast cancer (including re-excision of margins) and pre-entry/Step 1 must be no more than 70 days.
* The patient must have recovered from surgery with the incision completely healed and no signs of infection.
* Bilateral mammogram or MRI within 6 months prior to pre-entry/Step 1. HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial. Patients must be intending to take endocrine therapy for a minimum 5 years duration (tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitor). The specific regimen of endocrine therapy is at the treating physician's discretion.
Exclusion Criteria:
* • Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease.
* pT1 mi and pT2 - pT4 tumors including inflammatory breast cancer.
* Pathologic staging of pN0(i+) or pN0(mol+), pN1, pN2, or pN3 disease.
* Patient had a mastectomy.
* Palpable or radiographically suspicious ipsilateral or contralateral axillary, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, or internal mammary nodes, unless there is histologic confirmation that these nodes are negative for tumor.
* Suspicious microcalcifications, densities, or palpable abnormalities (in the ipsilateral or contralateral breast) unless biopsied and found to be benign.
* Non-epithelial breast malignancies such as sarcoma or lymphoma.
* Proven multicentric carcinoma (invasive cancer or DCIS) in more than one quadrant or separated by 4 or more centimeters. (Patients with multifocal carcinoma are eligible.)
* Paget's disease of the nipple.
* Any history, not including the index cancer, of ipsilateral invasive breast cancer or ipsilateral DCIS treated or not treated. (Patients with synchronous or previous ipsilateral LCIS are eligible.)
* Synchronous or previous contralateral invasive breast cancer or DCIS. (Patients with synchronous and/or previous contralateral LCIS are eligible.)
* Surgical margins that cannot be microscopically assessed or are positive at pathologic evaluation. (If surgical margins are rendered free of disease by re- excision, the patient is eligible.)
* Treatment plan that includes regional nodal irradiation.
* Any treatment with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or biotherapy, administered for the currently diagnosed breast cancer prior to pre-entry/Step 1.
* History of non-breast malignancies (except for in situ cancers treated only by local excision and basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin) within 5 years prior to pre-entry/Step 1.
* Current therapy with any endocrine therapy such as raloxifene (Evista®), tamoxifen, or other selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), either for osteoporosis or breast cancer prevention.
\*\* Patients are eligible for BR007 if they receive a short course of preoperative endocrine therapy of less than 6 weeks duration (prior to randomization/Step 2) for this diagnosis after the core biopsy (and can continue postoperatively if:
* the Oncotype DX Recurrence Score is assessed on the biopsy core and is less than or equal to 18, AND
* the patient had not initiated endocrine therapy prior to core biopsy tissue collection.
\*\*\* This does not apply to adjuvant endocrine therapy recommended for this diagnosis which may start any time after surgery including prior to registration (Pre-entry/Step 1).
* Patients intending to continue on oral, transdermal, or subdermal estrogen replacement (including all estrogen only and estrogen-progesterone formulas) are not eligible. Patients that discontinue oral, transdermal, or subdermal estrogen replacement prior to registration are eligible.
* Prior breast or thoracic RT for any condition.
* Active collagen vascular disease, specifically dermatomyositis with a CPK level above normal or with an active skin rash, systemic lupus erythematosis, or scleroderma.
* Pregnancy or lactation at the time of pre-entry/Step 1 or intention to become pregnant during treatment. (Note: Pregnancy testing according to institutional standards for women of childbearing potential must be performed within 2 weeks prior to pre-entry/Step 1.)
* Any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of study therapy or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the patient at high risk from treatment complications.
* Psychiatric or addictive disorders or other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude the patient from meeting the study requirements or interfere with interpretation of study results.
* Use of any investigational product within 30 days prior to pre-entry/Step 1.
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