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Lymph Node Radiation Therapy in Patients With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed
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Verified December 2004 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).   Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting

First Received on November 1, 1999.   Last Updated on January 28, 2010   History of Changes
Sponsor: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002851
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy may kill any tumor cells remaining after surgery.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying radiation therapy to see how well it works compared to no further therapy in treating women with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer that has been surgically removed.


Condition Intervention Phase
Breast Cancer
 Procedure: adjuvant therapy
Radiation: low-LET electron therapy
Radiation: low-LET photon therapy
 Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: PHASE III RANDOMISED TRIAL INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF INTERNAL MAMMARY AND MEDIAL SUPRACLAVICULAR (IM-MS) LYMPH NODE CHAIN IRRADIATION IN STAGE I-III BREAST CANCER

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Estimated Enrollment: 4000
Study Start Date: July 1996
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the effect of irradiation of the homolateral internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node chains vs no further therapy on survival, disease-free survival, metastasis-free survival, and cause of death in women with resected stage I/II/III breast cancer.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified by participating institution, tumor location, type of prior breast surgery, pathologic T and N stage, menopausal status, and time sequence of radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive no nodal irradiation.
  • Arm II: Patients receive irradiation of the internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node chains delivered at 1 fraction per day, 5 sessions per week, for a total of 25 fractions over 5 weeks. Radiotherapy must begin no later than 8 weeks after surgery. If adjuvant chemotherapy is given, radiotherapy begins within 6 weeks after the last course of chemotherapy and within 8 months after surgery.

Patients are followed at least yearly after randomization for up to 20 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 4,000 patients will be accrued for this study within 4 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed unilateral adenocarcinoma of the breast

  • Stage I/II/III (Tx, T0-3, N0-2) disease in one of the following categories or multifocal tumors if one of the foci is in agreement with the following:

    • Centrally or medially located with any lymph node status

      • Central location defined as underlying the areola
      • Medial location defined as at least partial involvement of upper or lower medial quadrant of breast
    • Externally located with axillary node involvement

  • Prior mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery and axillary dissection required

    • Sentinel node procedure as axillary intervention without further axillary surgery is allowed
    • No prior internal mammary chain dissection

    • No upper inner lesion treated with breast-conserving surgery that precludes sparing of internal mammary lymph node chain from radiotherapy volume

      • Decision at radiation oncologist's discretion

  • Hormone receptor status:

    • Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 75 and under

Sex:

  • Female

Menopausal status:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Cardiovascular:

  • No prior cardiac disease

Other:

  • No prior malignancy except adequately treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • Concurrent enrollment in other randomized trials allowed
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002851

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Sponsors and Collaborators
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Investigators
Investigator: Walter F. Van den Bogaert, MD, PhD U.Z. Gasthuisberg
Investigator: H. Struikmans, MD, PhD Medisch Centrum Haaglanden Westeinde
Investigator: Alain Fourquet, MD Institut Curie
Investigator: Harry Bartelink, MD, PhD Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
  More Information

Additional Information:
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:
Matzinger O, Heimsoth I, Poortmans P, Collette L, Struikmans H, Van Den Bogaert W, Fourquet A, Bartelink H, Ataman F, Gulyban A, Pierart M, Van Tienhoven G; EORTC Radiation Oncology & Breast Cancer Groups. Toxicity at three years with and without irradiation of the internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node chain in stage I to III breast cancer (EORTC trial 22922/10925). Acta Oncol. 2010;49(1):24-34.
Musat E, Poortmans P, den Bogaert WV, Struikmans H, Fourquet A, Bartelink H, Kirkove C, Budach V, Pierart M, Collette L. Quality assurance in breast cancer: EORTC experiences in the phase III trial on irradiation of the internal mammary nodes. Eur J Cancer. 2007 Mar;43(4):718-24. Epub 2007 Jan 19.
Poortmans P, Kouloulias V, van Tienhoven G, Collette L, Struikmans H, Venselaar JL, Van den Bogaert W, Davis JB, Lambin P; EORTC Radiation Oncology and Breast Cancer Groups. Quality assurance in the EORTC randomized trial 22922/10925 investigating the role of irradiation of the internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node chain works. Strahlenther Onkol. 2006 Oct;182(10):576-82.
Poortmans P, Kouloulias VE, Venselaar JL, Struikmans H, Davis JB, Huyskens D, van Tienhoven G, Hurkmans C, Mijnheer B, Van den Bogaert W. Quality assurance of EORTC trial 22922/10925 investigating the role of internal mammary--medial supraclavicular irradiation in stage I-III breast cancer: the individual case review. Eur J Cancer. 2003 Sep;39(14):2035-42.
Poortmans PM, Venselaar JL, Struikmans H, Hurkmans CW, Davis JB, Huyskens D, van Tienhoven G, Vlaun V, Lagendijk JJ, Mijnheer BJ, De Winter KA, Van der Hulst MH, Van den Bogaert WF. The potential impact of treatment variations on the results of radiotherapy of the internal mammary lymph node chain: a quality-assurance report on the dummy run of EORTC Phase III randomized trial 22922/10925 in Stage I--III breast cancer(1). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001 Apr 1;49(5):1399-408.
Poortmans P, Van Den Bogaert W, Venselaar J, et al.: Quality assurance in EORTC trial 22922/10925 concerning internal mammary chain (IMC) irradiation: the dummy run. Radiother Oncol 48(suppl 1): A735, s186, 1998.
Poortmans P, Van Den Bogaert W, Venselaar J, et al.: EORTC randomized phase III trials 22922/10925 investigating the role of internal mammary chain (IMC) irradiation in stage I-II breast cancer: a quality assurance report on the dummy run. Eur J Cancer 34(suppl 5): A257, s58, 1998.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002851     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000065094, EORTC-10925, EORTC-22922
Study First Received: November 1, 1999
Last Updated: January 28, 2010
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage I breast cancer
stage II breast cancer
stage IIIA breast cancer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases

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