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RecruitingNCT04646564Updated Jan 11, 2022

Radiotherapy for Extracranial Oligometastatic Breast Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of standard of care and radiotherapy + standard of care in Breast Cancer Metastatic, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Recruiting at 2 sites in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-01-11.

Sponsored by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Apr 2024, 2 years 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Apr 2021; still recruiting 5 years 7 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
170
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

More and more evidence suggests that local radiotherapy can improve the outcomes for patients with oligometastatic disease. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of radiotherapy, compared with standard systemic therapy alone, on survival, local control and toxicities in patients with extracranial oligometastatic breast cancer. Eligible patients are randomized in a 1:2 ratio between the control arm (standard systemic therapy), and the WLRT arm (standard systemic therapy + radiotherapy). Randomization will be stratified by three factors: visceral metastasis (yes vs.no), number of metastases(≤2 vs. >2), hormone receptor(positive vs. negative). SBRT technique is preferred. During and after radiotherapy, the patients are followed and the efficacy and toxicities of radiotherapy are evaluated.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer Metastatic

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Keywords

  • breast neoplasm
  • oligometastases
  • radiotherapy
  • stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

14,825 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 3,319 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 170 is above the median of 72 across 10,896 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences is the lead sponsor of 237 studies on the registry; 19 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

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Inclusion criteria

  • 18-70 years old
  • performance status 0-2.
  • Newly-diagnosed or metachronous extracranial oligometastatic diseases confirmed by pathology or imaging, with or without locoregional disease ( of is preferred).
  • Total number of locoregional and metastatic lesions of 1-5 , the maximum diameter of lesions ≤5 cm and at least one lesion could be evaluated by RECIST1.1.
  • Have received or plan to receive systemic therapy.
  • All lesions could be safely treated by radiotherapy.
  • > 6 months.
  • Have adequate organ function.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have in the central nervous system.
  • have indications for palliative radiotherapy to reduce symptoms, such as pain, bleeding, obstruction, and pending fractures caused by the tumor.
  • Have moderate/severe liver dysfunction ( B or C) from liver metastases, .
  • Malignant pleural effusion
  • Unable to tolerate radiotherapy due to serious comorbidity
  • Have received prior radiotherapy for target area
  • Pregnant or lactating women
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Child-Pugh class

A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
170 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    control arm

    standard of care

    Drug: standard of care

  • Experimental
    study arm

    radiotherapy + standard of care

    Drug: standard of care · Radiation: radiotherapy + standard of care

Interventions

  • Drugstandard of care

    patients receive appropriate therapy at the discretion of the treating oncologist, i.e. systemic therapy according to molecular subtypes, including chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy.

  • Radiationradiotherapy + standard of care

    Patients receive radiotherapy to all known metastases. SBRT technique is preferred, especially for metastases in bone, lung and liver. Conventional RT can be used when SBRT is not appropriate, such as metastasis in mediastinal or contralateral supraclavicular nodal regions. Total doses of 30Gy to 50Gy in 5 fractions for SBRT are recommended depending on the tolerance of adjacent normal tissue. Total dose of 60Gy in 25 fractions is recommended for conventional RT. Patients can receive systemic therapy concurrently with RT at the discretion of treating radiation oncologist. After completion of SBRT to all sites of known metastatic disease, patients will continue standard of care therapy per the treating oncologist.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival

    Time from randomization to disease progression at any site or death.

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    Time from randomization to death from any cause.

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Local control rate

    Incidence of tumor control within RT fields during follow up.

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Incidence of toxicities

    Incidence of acute and late toxicities from treatment graded according to radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) radiation injury criteria and National Cancer Institute CTCAE version 4.0

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. Quality of Life measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy- General (FACT-G)

    Assessment of quality of life scores by FACT-G

    Time frame: 2 years

  5. Translational exploration

    Assessment of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), ctDNA, as prognostic and predictive markers of survival, and for early detection of progression.

    Time frame: 2 years

  6. Proportion of acceptable SBRT completion

    Proportion of patients who completed SBRT with acceptable dose prescriptions

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
    Beijing, Beijing 100021, China
    Recruiting
  • Wei-Fang Yang
    Tai Zhou, Zhejiang, China
    Recruiting
    • Wei-Fang Yang, M.D. · Contact
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 11, 2022, 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
NCT04646564
Collaborators
Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Wuhan University, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, West China Hospital, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Responsible party
Shu lian Wang (Clinical professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 30, 2020
Start date
Apr 6, 2021
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 30, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 11, 2022

Study contacts

Shu-lian Wang, M.D
Contact
wangsl@cicams.ac.cn
8610-87788803
Shu-lian Wang, M.D
principal investigator · Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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