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. 2024 Aug 2;19:103. doi: 10.1186/s13014-024-02497-4

Table 5.

Ongoing trials on preoperative PBI with SBRT

ClinicalTrials.gov ID/ Study status Inclusion criteria Study plan Primary/secondary endpoints
Feasibility Study of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer (ARTEMIS) [73] NCT02065960/ Unknown status Age ≥ 70 years; invasive carcinoma, G I/II, ER and PR positive, HER2 negative Stage I (T1 N0 M0) on clinical and radiological assessment with MRI of the breasts and axillary ultrasound; Candidate for BCS; SBRT: 40 Gy in 5 fractions delivered every other day,followed by BCS

Primary: Feasibility

Secondary: Acute and late Radiation Toxicity, pCR, Ipsilateral Breast Tumour Recurrence, DFS

Preoperative Single-Fraction Radiotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer [74] NCT02482376/ Active, not-recruiting Age ≥ 60 years or 50–59 with a low Oncotype score (0–17); Clinical T1N0M0 invasive carcinoma or DCIS < or equal to 2cm; ER positive; HER2 negative; Candidate for BCS; SBRT: 21Gy followed by breast conserving surgery

Primary: Physician reported cosmesis outcomes

Secondary:

Ki-67 as a measure of tumor response;Patient reported cosmesis outcomes; LC; Assess the impact of RT on: gene expression, circulating cell free DNA

CMP-001 and Pre-operative Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in Early Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) [75] NCT04807192/ recruiting Age ≥ 18 years; TNBC, cT1-2, at least 5 mm, cN0-1 cM0); ECOG: 0–1; planned BCS or mastectomy; No planned neoadjuvant chemotherapy/endocrine therapy or other anticancer therapy; Presence of measurable disease in the breast; Primary tumor accessible to injections and biopsy. The lesion to be injected should be confined in a single irradiation volume that does not result in more than 30% of the whole breast; The injected tumor should be located at least 5 mm from the skin or pectoral muscle

Arm 1: SBRT: 1 × 8 Gy at D1

Arm 2: CMP-001 (4 sequential administrations of CMP001 at Day 1 (SC), Day 5 (± 1) (IT), Day 9 (± 1) (IT) and Day 16 (± 1) (IT) + SBRT 1 × 8 Gy at D1

Increase in sTILs, Toxicity of CMP-001 combined with SBRT, pCR, minimal residual cancer, Ki-67 levels, OS, DFS,event-free survival (EFS)
Study of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer [76] NCT03043794/ recruiting Age ≥ 50 years; Invasive ductal carcinoma; T1 N0; Clearly demarcated tumor on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); ER and/or PR ≥ 10%; HER2 negative; Candidate for BCS + SLNB; SBRT: 21 Gy followed by standard of care surgery RCB, pCR, treatment-related toxicity, cosmetic outcome, time to recurrence, QoL

Breast Cancer Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Combined Neoadjuvant Treatment

(Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Combined Neoadjuvant Treatment for Patients With Triple-negative and Hormone Receptor-positive, HER2-negative Breast Cancer) [23, 77 ]

NCT05132790/ Active, not-recruiting Age: 18–75 years; invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast; TNBC patients HER2-neu 0–1 + by IHC or FISH-negative; ER-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer; tumor ≥ 2 cm (mammogram, breast ultrasound, breast MRI); Any nodal status; ECOG 0 -1

Experimental: TNBC (SHR-1316 at a dose 20mg/kg q3w):

Combination of SBRT and SHR1316, followed by SHR1316 plus nab-paclitaxel and carboplatin or cisplatin

Experimental: HER2-/HR + BC (SHR6390 at a dose of 150mg orally, daily):

SHR6390 plus exemestane with/without ovarian function suppression/ablation (OFS) after SBRT

pCR, RCB, objective response rate (ORR), AE,serious adverse events (SAE)
Stereotactic Image-Guided Neoadjuvant Ablative Radiation Then Lumpectomy (SIGNAL 2) [78] NCT02212860/ Active, not-recruiting Age ≥ 50 years and postmenopausal; Tumor size < 3 cm; ER positive; Invasive ductal carcinoma or other favorable subtypes (lobular, medullary, papillary, colloid, mucinous, or tubular); cN0; Surgical expectation that a > 2 mm margin can be obtained; Lesion 1 cm or greater from the skin surface; surgery within 14–20 days of radiation therapy; Able to tolerate the prone position Stereotactic image-guided neoadjuvant ablative radiation (randomized to 1 × 21 Gy or 3 × 10 Gy) followed by lumpectomy Immune priming, angiogenesis, proliferation, apoptosis, hypoxia, invasion markers level, toxicity
Preoperative Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) for Early-Stage Breast Cancer [79]

NCT03137693/ terminated

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34384695/

Age ≥ 50 years; Invasive adenocarcinoma of breast; marker clip in breast; Unifocal tumor =  < 2 cm based on contrast-enhanced prone-breast MRI; cN0; candidate for BCS; Able to tolerate the prone position; target lesion at least 10 mm from skin defined on MRI; ER positive; Her-2 negative; No received or planned fof neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to SABR or surgery; ECOG 0–2

SABR: 28.5 Gy in 3 fractions

BCS 6–8 weeks after

pCR
SABR-CaRe in Early Stage Breast Cancer [80] NCT04959474/ recruiting Age ≥ 40 years (with TNBC ≥ 50 years); DCIS or invasive breast cancer; BMI >  = 21 at time of enrollment; KPS: 70 – 100; Tumor size =  < 3.0 cm; Gross disease may be multifocal as long as the total extent of tumor, gross and microscopic, occupies a volume with greatest dimension =  < 3 cm; Patient is not being considered for preoperative chemotherapy

Arm I: standard dietary recommendations, SABR every other day for 5 fr, surgery within 4–12 weeks, surgical resection with SLNB)

Arm II: caloric restriction diet, SABR every other day for 5 fr, surgery within 4–12 weeks, surgical resection with SLNB

Percent reduction in cellularity of breast tumor

Preoperative Boost Associated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Luminal B Breast Cancer

IBISCO TRIAL  [81]

NCT05673304/ recruiting Age ≥ 18 years; Luminal B BC, cT1-2; Indication for neoadjuvant chemotherapy SBRT as an anticipated boost with a total dose of 24 Gy (8 Gy × 3 fractions QD) within 2 weeks from the start of neoadjuvant chemotherapy pCR, acute/late toxicity
Three Fraction Radiation to Induce Immuno-Oncologic Response (TRIO) [82] NCT03978663/ recruiting Age ≥ 18 years; locally advanced breast cancer defined as stages IIB-III (excluding inflammatory breast cancer). Stage IIA is eligible for TNBC and HER2-positive breast cancers; Invasive mammary carcinoma of any subtype excluding lobular, sarcomatous, or metaplastic subtypes, or with lobular features; Plan to be treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy; M0 SBRT: 3 fractions administered as an anticipated boost prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy pCR, Immune priming, surgical wound healing, LRR
Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy Combined With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy to the Primary Tumour + /​- Durvalumab, + /​- Oleclumab in Luminal B Breast Cancer: (Neo-CheckRay) [83] NCT03875573/ recruiting Age ≥ 18 years; luminal B breast cancer subjects candidate for neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

Arm I: Experimental: Chemotherapy and pre-operative radiation therapy (boost dose) 3 × 8 Gy

Arm II:

Experimental: like Arm I plus durvalumab

Arm III:

Experimental: like Arm I plus durvalumab plus oleclumab

valuation of the immune related or radiation therapy related toxicity, Evaluation of the feasibility of the primary surgery, Phase II: Demonstration of the tumour response in arms 2 or 3 versus arm 1

GammaPod Dose Escalation Radiation for Early Stage Breast Cancer

(GCC 1926- Phase Ib Dose Escalation of Single-Fraction Preoperative Stereotactic Partial-Breast Irradiation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer) [84]

NCT04234386/ recruiting Patients > 45 years; unifocal visible on a CT scan tumor; N0; ER positive; HER2 negative; invasive ductal carcinoma; candidates for BCS; Tumor must not involve the overlying skin or underlying chest wall; Greatest tumor dimension is < 3 cm based on US. MR imaging measurements can be included only if performed before the biopsy; patients weigh < 150 kg; Patients must be able to lie prone position; no lymphovascular invasion on biopsy

single-fraction radiation dose delivered with the GammaPod as a PBI before a lumpectomy

Dose Level 1: 21 Gy

Dose Level 2: 24 Gy

Dose Level 3: 27 Gy

Dose Level 4: 30 Gy

Establish the single-fraction radiation dose (MTD), Incidence of Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs), pCR, ipsilateral LRR

Single Fraction Preoperative Radiotherapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer

CRYSTAL study [51, 85 ]

NCT04679454/ recruiting Histologically proven unifocal adenocarcinoma; T1-T2; tumor size up to 2.5 cm; cN0; Age ≥ 18 years old; ECOG 0–2; Planned BCS

phase I dose escalation study to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) delivering 18 Gy, 21 Gy and 24 Gy in single fraction

phase II study to evaluate the rate of pathological complete response (pCR) when a dose level is chosen according to the results of the previous phase I study

Surgical tumor removal will be scheduled after 4–8 weeks after radioablation. Whole breast radiation therapy without boost will be performed after surgery

Identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), pCR, chronic toxicity, Cosmetic outcomes, Post surgery complications, DFS, Local relapse, OS, breast cancer specific survival (BCSS)
Single-dose Preoperative Partial Breast Irradiation in Low-risk Breast Cancer Patients (ABLATIVE-2) [86] NCT05350722/ recruiting WHO ≤ 2; Age ≥ 50 years; unifocal cT1N0 breast cancer on MMG, ultrasound and MRI; Patients with an indication for chemotherapy or HER2-targeted therapy are not eligible. Patients with an indication for endocrine therapy are eligible; Tumor size as assessed on MRI; grade 1–2; Non-lobular invasive histological type carcinoma; LCIS or (non-extensive) DCIS is accepted; ER positive; HER2 negative; cN0 PBI with a single dose of 20Gy/15Gy on the GTV and CTV respectively pCR 12 months after radiotherapy
A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Single Fraction Ablative Pre-operative Partial Breast (S-PBI) for Early Stage Breast Cancer [61] NCT04040569 /recruiting Age > / = 18 years old; cT1-T2cN0; Tumor must be unifocal, not involve the overlying skin; must be visible on CT scan and/or preferably marked with clip(s) in tumor; ER/PR positive, Her2 negative Preoperative single dose escalation study: 30Gy/1fr; 34Gy/1fr; 38Gy/1fr Dose escalation studyLC, acute/late toxicity/ cosmetic outcomes
Phase 2 Surgical Excision vs Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy + Delayed Surgical Excision of Ductal Carcinoma (NORDIS) [87] NCT03909282/recruiting Core needle biopsy demonstrating DCIS; Mammographic or MRI non-mass lesion measuring 4 cm or less in greatest dimension; ER/PR positive or negative DCIS; HER2 positive, negative or unknown DCIS; biopsy marker placed within the tumor bed confirmed on post biopsy imaging and evidence of residual radiographic abnormality; Placement of Savi scout optical reflectance marker in tumor bed area as a wireless guide for surgery and for neoRT treatment planning is preferred; Planned lumpectomy. ECOG: 0, 1, or 2

Active Comparator:

Surgical excision of ductal carcinoma

Experimental: Neoadjuvant partial breast irradiation delivered once a day for 5 days before surgery. The planned daily dose is 6 Gy

pCR

correlation of DCIS subtype with pCR

assessment pre and post therapy of tumor grade, atypia, necrosis