Multi-Beam Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Node-Positive Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

This study is being performed to understand the safety of a new radiation treatment called "Multi-Beam Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy" ( IMRT). Currently, the standard way of giving radiation is with "simplified" IMRT, which uses only 2 beams of radiation. "Multi-beam" IMRT works by using 6-12 small radiation beams to give a more "tailored" or "customized" radiation dose to the breast, chest wall, and the lymph nodes. At the same time, multi-beam IMRT may allow the dose to the heart, lungs, and nearby tissue to be lowered, especially when the internal mammary lymph nodes need to be targeted by radiation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01127373

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

116

Starts

2010-05-11

Expected to finish

2019-10-02

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female gender
• Age ≥18 years
• An invasive primary breast cancer of any histology arising from breast parenchyma
• Patient must be status post mastectomy or partial mastectomy with an assessment of axillary nodes via sentinel lymph node biopsy and/or axillary lymph node dissection
• Pathologic confirmation of metastatic disease in at least one regional lymph node. Regional lymph nodes are defined as the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes, ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph nodes, and ipsilateral internal mammary lymph nodes. Thus, any T stage is allowed as long as the N stage is ≥1 and M stage is 0.
• Patient signed study-specific consent form.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with distant metastasis.
• Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Patients with psychiatric or addictive disorders that would preclude obtaining informed consent.
• Time between initial diagnosis of breast cancer and start of radiation therapy exceeds 13 months.
• Estimated life expectancy judged to be less than one year by patient's treating radiation oncologist.
• Prior radiation therapy to the ipsilateral or contralateral breast or thorax.
• Primary breast cancer is a lymphoma or sarcoma histology.
• Patients with a history of non-skin malignancy <5 years prior to the diagnosis of breast cancer.
• Patients requiring radiation to the bilateral breasts.

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Follow Up Only) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
• Memoral Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Follow Up Only) — Middletown, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Follow Up Only) — Commack, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Follow Up Only) — Harrison, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Rockville Centre (Follow Up Only) — Rockville Centre, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Follow Up Only) — Uniondale, New York, United States

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