Status:

COMPLETED

Use of the Contura™ Catheter to Deliver Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation to "Low-risk" Breast Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Cancer Center of Irvine

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

50+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this national, multi-site study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of the Contura catheter in breast cancer patients undergoing accelerated partial breast irradiation.

Detailed Description

The Cancer Center of Irvine is one of the busiest centers in the United States for Contura accelerated partial breast irradiation.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Able and willing to sign informed consent
  • Age 50 or older at diagnosis
  • Life expectancy greater than 10 years (excluding diagnosis of breast cancer)
  • Surgical treatment of the breast must have been lumpectomy. The margins of the resected specimen must be histologically free of tumor (negative surgical margins per NSABP criteria)
  • On histologic examination, the tumor must be DCIS and/or invasive breast carcinoma
  • For patients with invasive breast cancer, an axillary staging procedure must be performed \[either sentinel node biopsy or axillary dissection (with a minimum of 6 axillary nodes removed), and the axillary node(s) must be pathologically negative\]
  • The T stage must be Tis, T1, or T2. If T2, the tumor must be less than or equal to 3.0 cm in maximum diameter
  • Estrogen receptor positive tumor

Exclusion

  • Age \< 50 at diagnosis (regardless of histology)
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Active collagen vascular disease
  • Paget's disease of the breast
  • Prior history of DCIS or invasive breast cancer
  • Prior breast or thoracic radiation therapy for any condition
  • Multicentric carcinoma (DCIS or invasive)
  • Synchronous bilateral invasive or non-invasive breast cancer
  • Surgical margins that cannot be microscopically assessed or that are positive
  • Positive axillary node(s)
  • T stage of T2 with the tumor \> 3 cm in maximum diameter or a T stage of T3 or T4
  • Estrogen receptor negative tumor

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00882596

Start Date

May 1 2008

End Date

July 1 2013

Last Update

January 25 2018

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Cancer Center of Irvine

Irvine, California, United States, 92618