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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/10/076036 [Registered on: 29/10/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 25/10/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Radiation Therapy 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Ultra Hypo-fractionation In Carcinoma Breast  
Scientific Title of Study   An Interventional Study To Assess The Dosimetric Feasibility Of A One-week Adjuvant Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Schedule In Patients With Carcinoma Breast  
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Ananya Nandi 
Designation  Academic Junior Resident 
Affiliation  AIIMS Mangalagiri 
Address  Department of Radiation Oncology,AIIMS Mangalagiri,Guntur,Andhrapradesh

Guntur
ANDHRA PRADESH
522503
India 
Phone  8116228757  
Fax    
Email  me.ananyanandi@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Ajay Kumar Kondeti 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Assistant Professor 
Address  Department of Radiation Oncology,AIIMS Mangalagiri,Guntur,Andhrapradesh

Guntur
ANDHRA PRADESH
522503
India 
Phone  7989599004  
Fax    
Email  ajay.rt@aiimsmangalagiri.edu.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Ananya Nandi 
Designation  Academic Junior Resident 
Affiliation  AIIMS Mangalagiri 
Address  Department of Radiation Oncology,AIIMS Mangalagiri,Guntur,Andhrapradesh


ANDHRA PRADESH
522503
India 
Phone  8116228757  
Fax    
Email  me.ananyanandi@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
AIIMS Mangalagiri 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Ananya Nandi 
Address  Department of Radiation Oncology,AIIMS Mangalagiri,Guntur, Andhrapradesh 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self-funding] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Ananya Nandi  AIIMS Mangalagiri  Radiation Oncology OPD,Room no -29,Department of Radiation Oncology
Guntur
ANDHRA PRADESH 
08116228757

me.ananyanandi@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTE ETHICS COMMITTEE,AIIMS Mangalagiri  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: C00-D49||Neoplasms,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Application of 5 fraction schedule of adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer patients post breast conservation surgery or mastectomy and evaluation the dosimetric feasibility of the plan  1.Patients with carcinoma breast with indications for adjuvant Radiotherapy coming to radiation oncology OPD,AIIMS Mangalagiri. 2.Screening for Inclusion/ Exclusion criteria and obtaining Informed consent 3.Baseline Blood Investigations, 2D ECHO, Pulmonary Function tests, Thyroid Function Test 4.CT Simulation of Chest (3mm cuts) is done and CT images transferred to Monaco (Version 5.5) Treatment Planning System. 5.Target volumes and Organ at risks are contoured based on RTOG and FAST-FORWARD guidelines. 6.Two plans of dose delivery will be generated- i. One treatment plan with Dose Prescriptions - 26Gy/5 Fractions ± boost 10 Gy/5 Fractions. ii. Another theoretical plan will be generated in Monaco TPS with Dose prescription- 40 Gy/15 Fractions ± boost 10 Gy/5 Fractions. 7.These 2 plans will be compared with regard to OAR constraints. IMRT-VMAT Plans generated, DVH generation, Plan Evaluation and finalization and Quality assurance 8. All patients will be treated with 26 Gy in 5 fraction over 1 week treatment plan. 9.Clinical assessment with Close monitoring for acute toxicities of radiotherapy based on CTCAE Version 5, QoL questionnaire before and after RT 10.Clinical Follow up 1 month after completion of radiotherapy 11.Clinical follow up and 2DECHO and PFT 3 months after radiotherapy 12.Clinical follow up and QoL questionnaire and Thyroid Function Test 6 months after radiotherapy 
Comparator Agent  Not applicable  Note applicable 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  All the following criteria must be met:
1. Age more than 18years
2. Female or male
3. Pathologically proven invasive carcinoma of breast
4. Mastectomy or breast conservation surgery
5. Axillary staging and or dissection
6. Complete microscopic excision of primary tumour
7. Early or locally advanced breast cancer
8. Written informed consent
9. Able to comply with follow up
N.B. concurrent Trastuzumab or/and endocrine therapies are allowed. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  The patient is ineligible if any of the following exclusion criteria is met:
1. age more than 65 year with pT1G1or 2, ER positive, Her 2 negative pN0M0 invasive disease.
2. Ipsilateral micro-invasive disease and non-gradable tumour.
3. Past history of malignancy
4. Contralateral and or previous ipsilateral breast cancer, including DCIS, irrespective of date of diagnosis.
5. Previous thoracic radiotherapy
6. Distant metastasis 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To assess the dosimetric feasibility of hypofractionated radiotherapy to Target volumes and Organs at risk  During execution of radiotherapy treatment 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Acute adverse effects at 1 month.
2. Chronic adverse events at 6 months.
3. Ipsilateral locoregional tumor control at 6 months.
4. Quality of life before and after completion of radiotherapy and after 6 months. 
at 6 months 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="35"
Sample Size from India="35" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2/ Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   08/11/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response -  Statistical Analysis Plan
    Response - Informed Consent Form
    Response - Clinical Study Report

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Researchers whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose.

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - Any purpose.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Proposals should be directed to [me.ananyanandi@gmail.com].

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 24-05-2026 and end date provided 24-05-2031?
    Response - Immediately following publication. No end date.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary  

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in females and the second most common cause of cancer mortality worldwide (Globocan data, 2022).

It is treated with a multimodality approach that includes surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, and Immunotherapy. Radiotherapy is used in the treatment of breast cancer in early, locally advanced, and metastatic stages in both curative and palliative intent. Adjuvant RT reduces the 10-year risk of recurrences (locoregional and distant) from 35% to 19.3% (Absolute reduction 15.7%,95% CI, p<0.00001). (EBCTCG Meta-analysis).

The standard radiotherapy dose used in our setting for treating breast cancer is 50 Gy/25#/2Gy per fraction or 40 Gy/15#/3week/2.66 Gy per fraction. However, response to radiation therapy depends upon the α/β ratio. Tumour with a low α/β ratio responds to higher dose per fraction. Breast cancer is one of them. Healthy tissue of the breast and ribcage also has α/β ratio of 2.8 (low). Several studies on hypo-fractionating the dose have taken place worldwide showing satisfactory results (like FAST Forward trial, UK). Still, till now it is not the standard of care in breast cancer management. With ultra-hypofractionation, the major concern is for late normal tissue effects and whether the tight normal tissue constraints provided in the Fast-forward trial is achievable in our setting. This hypofractionation also has economic and logistic advantages in low-resource settings where the patient load is high and adequate radiotherapy facilities are not available.But before implementing such ultra-hypofractionated regimens universally, robust evidence is warranted which is lacking especially in resource-limited setting.

In this study we will try to prove that The 26 Gy in 5 fraction schedule(Ultra Hypofractionation)of adjuvant radiotherapy delivered in once daily fractions over 1 week in Breast Cancer patients is feasible in terms of radiation dose received by Organs at risk(Heart, lung, esophagus) and in terms of preventing the short-term and long-term radiation toxicities.

It is an interventional single-arm prospective study.

Study population will include breast cancer patients coming to the OPD of Radiation Oncology, AIIMS Mangalagiri, with complete microscopic resection of invasive breast cancer post breast conservation surgery or mastectomy for whom local or locoregional radiotherapy is recommended.

Sample size is calculated to be 35(conveninent sampling method will be used).Patients will be screened for inclusion and exclusion criterias. Patients satisfying the inclusion criteria after scheduled pre-radiotherapy investigations will be prescribed 26.0 Gy in 5 fractions over 1 week to chest wall or whole breast +/-regional lymph nodal irradiation +/- boost to tumor bed (10Gyin 5 fractions over 1 week). A clinical assessment will be conducted with close monitoring for acute toxicities of radiotherapy based on CTCAE Version 5, and a QoL questionnaire will be administered before and after RT. Clinical follow-up after 1 month and 2DECHO, PFT after 3 months, then clinical follow-up and QoL questionnaire and Thyroid Function test months after radiotherapy will be done for each patient to assess the acute or long-term toxicities(According to CTCAE guidelines it will be graded and managed accordingly if occurs)and locoregional recurrence.

The Continuous variables like age of patients, EORTC QLQ C-30 and B-23score, will be summarized as mean and standard deviation or median and interquartile range. The categorical variables like CTCAE grading,type of cancer, ER/ PR positivity, HER 2 positivity will be summarized as frequency and proportion. The association between continuous variables will be analysed using the t-test. The association between categorical variables will be analysed using Chi-square test. The change in quality of life and CAE grading over the time of observation will be analyzed by paired t-test and McNemar chi-square test. The p-value less than 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. The data analysis will be done using IBM SPSS version 26.

Our study may provide important insights into the feasibility and tolerance of ultra-hypofractionated adjuvant breast radiotherapy in resource-limited settings.


 
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