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. 2019 Aug 18;1(3):166–176. doi: 10.1093/jbi/wbz039

Table 2.

Summary of Current DCIS Active Surveillance Trials

COMET LORIS LORD
Primary Outcome Ipsilateral IDC incidence Ipsilateral IDC survival Ipsilateral IDC incidence
Target enrollment 1,200 932 1,240
Randomization 1:1 1:1 1:1
Year initiated 2017 2014 2017
Recruitment duration 4 years 6 years 4 years
Follow-up interval 5–7 years 10 years 10 years
Imaging surveillance Biannual mammogram Annual mammogram Annual mammogram
Treatment May get endocrine therapy May get endocrine therapy None
Inclusion criteria
 Age (years) ≥40 ≥46 ≥45
 Nuclear grade Low and intermediate Low risk* Low
 Appearance Calcifications only Calcifications only Calcifications only
 Receptor status ER/PR+ and HER2- N/A N/A
 Biopsy technique VACB or surgical biopsy VACB and/or surgical biopsy VACB: 6 cores with 8/9 gauge or 12 cores with 10/11 gauge
Exclusion criteria
 History of cancer Exclude if IDC or DCIS Exclude if IDC or ipsilateral DCIS Exclude all prior cancers except cervical in situ or basal carcinoma
 Symptomatic Exclude Exclude Exclude
 Comedonecrosis Exclude Exclude N/A
 Synchronous IDC Exclude Exclude Exclude
 Bilateral DCIS Include Include Exclude
 High risk Include Exclude if high risk per NICE guidelines Exclude if family with BRCA 1/2 mutation

Abbreviations: IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; VACB, vacuum-assisted core biopsy; NICE, National Institute for Health Care and Excellent (United Kingdom)

* The LORIS trial uses a central pathology review and stratifies DCIS into low and high risk. Low-risk DCIS includes low nuclear grade and the bottom half of intermediate nuclear grade.