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Status unknownNCT02612012Updated Nov 23, 2015

Axillary Radiotherapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer With Limited Positive Sentinel Lymph Nodes

An observational study in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Fudan University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-11-23.

Sponsored by Fudan University · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
475
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This study is designed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of axillary radiotherapy for early stage breast cancer with limited positive sentinel lymph nodes.

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Randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that complete axillary lymph node dissection is not necessary in patients with 1-2 positive sentinel lymph nodes who undergo breast conserving surgery, whole breast irradiation, and systemic therapy. However, whether or not the regional lymph node should be irradiated and if radiation given, whether or not all levels of axillary lymph node and internal mammary and supraclavicular lymph node should be irradiated is unknown. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of axillary level I-II areas radiotherapy for early stage breast cancer with 1-2 positive sentinel lymph nodes and no further axillary lymph node dissection.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • breast cancer
  • positive sentinel lymph nodes
  • axillary radiotherapy
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 475 is above the median of 184 across 2,642 observational studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Fudan University is the lead sponsor of 1,270 studies on the registry; 623 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Early stage breast cancer patients with 1\~2 positive sentinel lymph nodes

Inclusion criteria

  • Female
  • 18\~70 years old
  • Pathologically confirmed invasive breast cancer
  • A clinical T1-2N0M0 tumor
  • Treated with breast conserving surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • 1\~2 positive sentinel lymph nodes, including micro-metastases or macro-metastases.
  • ECOG score 1\~2
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients underwent complete axillary lymph node dissection
  • Patients underwent mastectomy
  • Patients underwent neoadjuvant therapy
  • Clinically node positive pre-operative
  • Sentinel lymph nodes only containing isolated tumour cells (\<0.2 mm)
  • Prior history of invasive breast cancer or previous or concurrent other malignancies within the past 5 years
  • Previous radiation therapy of breast or thorax
  • Medical contraindication for radiotherapy
  • Prior axillary surgery or radiotherapy
  • Unable or unwilling to receive breast conserving surgery or sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • Pregnant or nursing
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
475 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Axillary radiotherapy

    Radiation: axillary radiotherapy

Interventions

  • Radiationaxillary radiotherapy

    Whole breast irradiation and axillary level I-II areas radiotherapy. The prescription dose is 50Gy in 25 fractions in 5 weeks. Tumor bed boost is necessary with 10Gy in 5 fractions in one week.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Axillary recurrence

    Time frame: 5 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Local-regional recurrence

    Time frame: 5 years

  2. Disease free survival

    Time frame: 5 years

  3. Overall survival

    Time frame: 5 years

  4. Complications

    Time frame: baseline,1,2,3,4,5 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
    Shanghai, 200032, China
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 23, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02612012
Lead sponsor
Fudan University
Responsible party
Xiaoli Yu (Professor of department of radiation oncology, Fudan University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 23, 2015
Start date
Oct 2015
Primary completion
Oct 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 23, 2015

Study contacts

Xiaoli Yu, MD.PhD
Contact
stephanieyxl@hotmail.com
+86 18017312388
Zhaozhi Yang, MD.PhD
Contact
yzzhi2014@163.com
+86 18017317126
Xiaoli Yu, MD.PhD
principal investigator · Fudan University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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