NRG-BR007: A phase III trial evaluating de-escalation of breast radiation (DEBRA) following breast-conserving surgery (BCS) of stage 1, hormone receptor+, HER2-, RS ≤18 breast cancer.

Authors

Julia White

Julia R. White

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH

Julia R. White , Stewart J. Anderson , Eleanor Elizabeth Harris , Eleftherios P. Mamounas , Daniel G. Stover , Patricia A. Ganz , Reshma Jagsi , Reena S. Cecchini , Carmen Bergom , Valerie Theberge , Mahmoud El-Tamer , Richard C. Zellars , Dean Alden Shumway , Guang-Pei Chen , Thomas B. Julian , Norman Wolmark

Organizations

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, The Orlando Health Cancer Institute, Orlando, FL, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, NRG Oncology Biostatistical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval and CCTG, Quebec City, QC, Canada, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical School and Alliance, New York, NY, Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine and ECOG-ACRIN, Indianapolis, IN, Mayo Clinic and SWOG, Rochester, MN, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, The Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, NRG Oncology and the Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Research Funding

U.S. National Institutes of Health

Background: Approximately 50% of newly diagnosed breast cancers are stage 1, with the majority being ER/PR-positive, HER2-negative. Genomic assays such as the Oncotype DX® have identified patients (pts) with reduced risk of distant metastasis and without benefit from chemotherapy added to endocrine therapy, freeing them from excess toxicity. Genomic assays are also recognized as prognostic for in-breast recurrence (IBR) after BCS and could similarly allow de-escalation of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT). Reducing overtreatment is of interest to pts, providers, and payers. Methods: We hypothesize that BCS alone is non-inferior to BCS plus RT for in-breast recurrence and breast preservation in women intending endocrine therapy (ET) for stage 1 breast cancer (ER &/or PR positive, HER2-negative with an Oncotype DX Recurrence Score [RS] of ≤18). Stratification is by age (<60; ≥60), tumor size (≤1 cm; >1-2cm), & (RS <11, RS 11-18). Pts are randomized post-BCS to Arm 1 with breast RT using standard methods (hypo- or conventional-fractionated whole breast RT with/without boost, APBI) with ≥5 yrs of ET (tamoxifen or AI) or Arm 2 with ≥5 yrs of ET (tamoxifen or AI) alone. The specific regimen of ET in both arms is at the treating physician’s discretion. Eligible pts are stage 1: pT1 (2 cm), pN0, age ≥50 to <70 yrs, s/p BCS with negative margins (no ink on tumor), s/p axillary nodal staging (SNB or ALND), ER &/or PR positive (ASCO/CAP), HER2-negative (ASCO/CAP), and Oncotype DX RS of ≤18 (diagnostic core biopsy or resected specimen). Primary endpoint is in-breast recurrence. Secondary endpoints are breast conservation rate, invasive in-breast recurrence, relapse-free interval, distant disease-free survival, overall survival, patient-reported breast pain, patient-reported worry about recurrence, and adherence to ET. We assume a clinically acceptable difference in of 4% at 10 yrs to judge omission of RT as non-inferior (10-yr event-free survival for RT group is 95.6% vs 91.6% for the omission of RT group). The study is powered to detect a non-inferiority with 80% power and a one-sided α=0.025, assuming that there would be a ramp-up in accrual in the first two years (leveling off in Yrs 3-5); 1,670 (835 per arm) pts are required to be randomized. Conservative loss to follow-up is 1% per yr. Some of the T1a pts screened may have Oncotype DX scores >18, making them ineligible for the study. In the accrual process, pts will be required to register (1,714 pts) to ensure that our final randomized cohort is 1,670 pts. Current accrual (2-2-2022) is 52 screened and 45 randomized. Support: U10CA180868, -180822, NCT04852887. Clinical trial information: NCT04852887.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—Local/Regional/Adjuvant

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Therapy

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT04852887

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr TPS613)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.TPS613

Abstract #

TPS613

Poster Bd #

381a

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