A Phase 3 interventional study of Radiation Therapy and Standard of Care Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer, sponsored by NRG Oncology. Not yet recruiting. Open to female participants aged 30 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-30.
Sponsored by NRG Oncology · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention
NRG-CC016 is being done to determine if omission of radiation therapy (RT) for patients with biosignature Low Risk (DCISionRT score less than 2.8) DCIS yields no clinically meaningful increase ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBR) compared to those treated with RT (Cohort A).
Current DCIS treatment decisions rely on clinical-pathologic criteria that have remained unchanged for over 50 years. Even in favorable patients, RT provides an absolute benefit (\~8%), which is considered clinically meaningful.
However, DCISionRT retrospective data suggests that approximately 37% of patients (Low Risk) may safely omit RT with less than 1% absolute difference in IBR. This could impact around 22,470 women annually in the US. Further, approximately one-third of Grade 3 DCIS patients (who have biosignature Low Risk scores) may also safely omit RT.
From a number-needed-to-treat (NNT) perspective, RTOG 9804 results suggest that to prevent an IBR the NNT ≈ 13. In contrast, the DCISionRT data for biosignature Low Risk, the NNT ≈ 125. This represents a major shift in treatment value.
In addition, shorter RT regimens have increased RT utilization, raising concerns about overtreatment. Biosignature-guided care could better balance overtreatment versus undertreatment.
For high-risk DCIS, there have been no NCTN trials in over 20 years (last being ECOG 5194). NRG CC016 would be the first trial since then to include high-risk DCIS by both clinical-pathology and biosignature (score greater than 2.8 - Cohort B) criteria and determine the clinical utility of biosignature risk categorization over patient age and tumor grade, size and hormone receptor status. It will also prospectively assess outcomes for the subsets of Elevated Risk (\~40% of DCIS) and Residual Risk (\~20% of DCIS) patients treated with standard-of-care breast RT, with anticipated 10-year IBR rates of 5% and 15%, respectively.
The study addresses multiple critical gaps:
This trial will randomize Low Risk biosignature patients to test the non-inferiority of RT-omission and prospectively determine outcomes in Elevated Risk and Residual Risk biosignature groups treated with RT. If published retrospective data are reproduced prospectively here, this would:
Inclusion Criteria:
Breast and Disease Assessment
Co-morbid and Other Conditions
Medications
Radiation therapy to breast for patients with DCISionRT score less than or equal to 2.8.
Radiation: Radiation Therapy
No radiation therapy to breast for patients with DCISionRT score less than or equal to 2.8.
Other: No Intervention
Patients with DCISionRT score greater than 2.8.
Radiation: Standard of Care Radiation Therapy
Post-lumpectomy RT will be external beam radiation to the whole breast ± boost (sequential or integrated) or Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI). RT must begin within 112 days of the last breast cancer surgery (lumpectomy or re-excision of margins).
Patients will continue treatment with standard of care breast radiation therapy at the investigator's discretion.
No intervention.
Time to Ipsilateral Breast Recurrence (IBR) in Cohort A patients
Cumulative incidence of IBR.
Time frame: 10 years
Time to IBR in Cohort B patients
Cumulative incidence of IBR evaluated separately for Elevated Risk patients (defined as DCISionRT score \> 2.8, excluding score of 9.2) and Residual Risk patients (defined as DCISionRT score = 9.2).
Time frame: 10 years
Time to IBR in the subset of Cohort A and Cohort B patients with discordant clinical-pathology and biosignature risk categories
Cumulative incidence of IBR evaluated separately for the subsets of Cohort A patients with high-risk clinical-pathologic features (age \< 50 or Grade 3 disease or ER- PR-negative or tumors \> 2.5 cm in size) and for Cohort B subsets of Elevated Risk and Residual Risk patients , with low-risk clinical-pathologic features (Grade 1-2, tumor ≤ 2.5 cm, ER- and/or PR-positive, age ≥ 50)
Time frame: 10 years
Time to invasive IBR
Cumulative incidence of invasive IBR in Cohort A and Cohort B patients
Time frame: 10 years
Time to IBR-DCIS
Cumulative incidence of IBR-DCIS in Cohort A and Cohort B patients
Time frame: 10 years
Breast cancer-free interval (BCFI)
Cumulative incidence of BCFI events in Cohort A and Cohort B patients
Time frame: 10 years
Time to contralateral breast cancer
Cumulative incidence of contralateral breast cancer events in Cohort A and Cohort B patients
Time frame: 10 years
Overall survival
Percentage of patients alive in Cohort A and Cohort B patients
Time frame: 10 years
Ipsilateral mastectomy events
Cumulative incidence of Ipsilateral mastectomy events in Cohort A and Cohort B patients
Time frame: 15 years
Patient-reported worry about recurrence
Patient-reported worry about recurrence as measured by Cancer Worry Scale in Cohort A and Cohort B (evaluated separately for Elevated and Residual Risk) patients
Time frame: 1 year
Time to subsequent breast events (SBE)
Cumulative incidence of SBE events in Cohort B patients who initiate anti-endocrine therapy
Time frame: 10 years
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