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Not yet recruitingNCT07831889Updated Nov 12, 2026

Hypofractionated Radiotherapy After Breast Reconstruction for Breast Cancer

An interventional study of Whole-dose radiotherapy and Conventional fractionated radiotherapy in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital. Not yet recruiting. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-12.

Sponsored by Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Updated Nov 12, 2026Start date movedGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
960
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
Female
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 58 studies in Breast Neoplasms by Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital — 33 open to participants now, 33 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Breast Neoplasms · Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital.

Planned enrollment
Largest of 42
960 · median 105
Started
2026
with 9 others
No phase
15 of 58
11 open now
Primary completion
2027-04
later than 21 of 32 live
Registered
58th of 58
by date

Among the 58 studies in Breast Neoplasms by Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, this one has the largest planned enrollment of the 42 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 10 that started in 2026, is one of 15 with no phase, reaches primary completion later than 21 of the 32 other live ones, and was the 58th registered.

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Study summary

This study aims to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of this innovative integrated treatment model in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). By prospectively observing the clinical complete response rate, bladder relapse-free survival, overall survival, and the incidence and severity of treatment-related adverse events, we hope to clarify the clinical effectiveness of this model and provide a potentially novel and highly effective bladder-preserving approach for MIBC. A comprehensive assessment of its safety profile will provide a basis for patient management and risk control in clinical practice. We will also explore potential biomarkers, such as PD-L1 expression and tumor mutational burden, with the aim of enabling more precise selection of treatment regimens in the future. The successful implementation of this study is expected to bring about an important transformation in the treatment paradigm for MIBC, maximizing the preservation of organ function and quality of life while pursuing optimal oncologic outcomes, and thus holding significant social benefits and value for clinical promotion.

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Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) accounts for approximately 25% of bladder cancers and carries a high risk of invasion and metastasis. Its 5-year overall survival (OS) is approximately 50%, significantly lower than the 90% observed in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Radical cystectomy (RC) combined with pelvic lymph node dissection is the standard treatment for MIBC; however, the procedure is highly invasive, and more than 60% of patients experience postoperative complications, making bladder-preserving therapy an important alternative.

Trimodality therapy (TMT) is currently the preferred bladder-preserving strategy recommended by guidelines. Its core consists of maximal transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Large meta-analyses have shown no significant differences between TMT and RC in 10-year OS (30.9% vs 35.1%) or disease-specific survival (50.9% vs 57.8%), and patients treated with TMT recover quality of life more rapidly and achieve higher quality-adjusted life years. The RTOG series of studies established the role of TMT, but the overall success rate of conventional TMT is only about 50%, leaving nearly half of patients at risk of suboptimal response or the need for salvage cystectomy.

The emergence of immunotherapy has provided new opportunities to optimize TMT. Bladder cancer has a high mutational burden, and PD-L1 expression increases with stage, laying the foundation for immunotherapy. Radiotherapy and immunotherapy act synergistically, inducing immunogenic cell death in tumor cells and activating the abscopal effect. The ReBirth study showed that neoadjuvant immunotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and immunotherapy maintenance achieved a 1-year bladder-preservation event-free survival rate of 86.9%. The HOPE-02 study used neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with tislelizumab followed by sequential local radiotherapy, achieving 3-year PFS and OS rates of 76% and 81%, respectively, significantly superior to historical data, with all patients who completed radiotherapy achieving complete clinical response.

Advances in radiotherapy technology have also supported bladder-preserving therapy. The 5-year intravesical local recurrence rate of conventional TMT reaches 39%, suggesting that local dose may be insufficient. Hypofractionated radiotherapy (e.g., 55 Gy/20 fractions) is non-inferior to conventional fractionation in terms of local control and toxicity. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) enables high-precision, high-dose local control. A study from Peking University showed that SBRT boost combined with whole-pelvis conventional radiotherapy achieved a 98.5% complete response rate in 68 patients with MIBC, with a 2-year OS of 84.5%, successful bladder function preservation in 86.3% of patients, and low rates of severe toxicity.

Against this background, we propose an innovative strategy: combining neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with immune checkpoint inhibitors as "intensive induction therapy," followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy combined with immunotherapy maintenance as "intensive consolidation therapy." Currently, international studies on the full-process bladder-preserving model of "NAC + immunotherapy" induction followed by "CRT + immunotherapy" consolidation are still in the early exploratory stage, with a particular lack of high-quality evidence in Chinese populations. Whether improved efficacy is accompanied by unacceptable cumulative toxicity is the key to the clinical application of this model.

Project Overview:

Research Objective:

This study aims to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of this innovative integrated treatment model in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). By prospectively observing the clinical complete response rate, bladder-preservation-free survival, overall survival, and the incidence and severity of treatment-related adverse events, we hope to clarify the clinical effectiveness of this model and provide a potentially novel and highly effective bladder-preserving approach for MIBC. A comprehensive assessment of its safety profile will provide a basis for patient management and risk control in clinical practice. We will also explore potential biomarkers (such as PD-L1 expression and tumor mutational burden) in the hope of achieving more precise selection of treatment regimens in the future. The successful implementation of this study is expected to bring about an important transformation in the treatment paradigm for MIBC, maximizing the preservation of organ function and quality of life while pursuing optimal oncologic outcomes, and thus holding significant social benefits and value for clinical promotion.

Study Population:

(1) Subjects who voluntarily sign the informed consent form, understand the nature, purpose, and procedures of this trial, and voluntarily comply with the trial requirements; (2) male or female subjects aged 18-85 years; (3) patients with pathologically confirmed MIBC; (4) patients who meet the criteria for neoadjuvant treatment of MIBC and have not previously received tumor-related treatment; (5) patients with clinical tumor staging of cT2-T4aN0M0; (6) male subjects or females who may become pregnant must use highly effective contraception during the trial. Highly fertile males or females who may become pregnant must use highly effective contraceptive methods (such as oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, libido-suppressing methods, or contraceptive methods combined with spermicides) during the trial, use contraceptive methods combined with spermicides at the end of treatment, and continue contraception for 12 months after treatment ends; (7) major organ function must meet the following criteria: 1) absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×10\^9/L; 2) platelet count ≥90×10\^9/L; 3) hemoglobin ≥90 g/L; 4) serum creatinine ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); 5) serum total bilirubin ≤1.5 times the ULN (except in subjects with Gilbert syndrome); 6) aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤1.5 times the ULN; 7) international normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5 times the ULN. (8) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0-2; (9) individuals who wish to preserve the bladder.

Treatment Plan:

This is a single-arm clinical trial observing the efficacy and safety of SBRT after neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy induction treatment in MIBC. A total of 36 MIBC patients meeting the trial criteria are planned to be enrolled in this study.

Neoadjuvant treatment: MIBC patients enrolled in this study will receive neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy according to the 2025 Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bladder Cancer.

Maximal TURBT; induction treatment: serplulimab combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin/carboplatin for a total of 2 cycles; concurrent chemoradiotherapy after completion of 2 cycles of induction treatment; one course of SBRT radiotherapy: primary bladder tumor region/tumor bed, 25 Gy/5 Gy/5 fractions; second course of external beam radiotherapy: bladder radiotherapy (45 Gy/1.8 Gy/25 fractions); cystoscopy and TURBT; maintenance treatment.

Imaging (tumor assessment) time points: during the induction treatment period, 1 month after completion of radiotherapy, 3 months after completion of radiotherapy, every 3 months during the first 2 years of follow-up, and every 6 months from years 3 to 5. Imaging modalities: Pelvic MRI or chest/abdomen/pelvis CT or whole-body superficial lymph node ultrasound. If clinically indicated, imaging of other body sites and/or FDG-PET may be performed.

Efficacy assessment:

A clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of SBRT after neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy induction therapy for MIBC, including patient efficacy and safety assessments, etc.

  1. Clinical complete response (cCR): 1) Bladder biopsy (including all grossly visible abnormal areas, as well as repeat TURBT or biopsy of known muscle-invasive cancer foci before neoadjuvant therapy) shows no high-grade malignancy (i.e., no pTa/pT1/pTis); 2) Urine cytology shows no malignant cells; 3) Cross-sectional imaging shows no definitive evidence of local or metastatic disease.
  2. Bladder-intact event-free survival (BI-EFS): Events include: defined as the time from initiation of the treatment regimen to recurrence of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), regional pelvic recurrence, distant metastasis, bladder cancer-related death, or cystectomy.
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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • breast cancer
  • reconstruction surgery
  • Whole-dose radiotherapy
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Female, aged 18 - 75 years
  2. score ≥ 60
  3. Invasive breast adenocarcinoma confirmed by histopathology
  4. Total mastectomy (with or without preservation of nipple-areola complex) + axillary lymph node dissection/ sentinel lymph node + R0 implantation/expansion placement (negative margins) pT3 or N2-3 stage or pT1-2N1 disease
  5. No distant
  6. Completed standard /adjunctive chemotherapy cycles
  7. Signed form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. If a patient has bilateral breast cancer, they will be excluded; those with distant or metastasis in the supraclavicular or internal mammary lymph nodes; those who have received radiotherapy in the past; those who have had or are currently suffering from malignant tumors, except for non-pigmented skin cancer; those who are pregnant; those with active collagen vascular diseases or other serious diseases, such as alcohol and drug abuse or mental disorders.
  2. Patients with severe dysfunction of the heart, liver, or kidneys.
  3. Patients with a history of radiotherapy or those who are to radiotherapy.
  4. Pregnant or lactating women.
  5. Patients with severe mental or psychological disorders who cannot fulfill the requirements of the study.
  6. Other patients with serious diseases that cannot meet the requirements of the study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

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Biopsy and archival tissue

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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.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

Informed consent

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
960 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Whole-dose radiotherapy

    The radiotherapy plan for the large-dose fractionation group: 45 Gy / 15 fractions / 3 weeks

    Radiation: Whole-dose radiotherapy

  • Active comparator
    Conventional fractionated radiotherapy

    Conventional fractionated radiotherapy plan: 50 Gy / 25 fractions / 5 weeks

    Radiation: Conventional fractionated radiotherapy

Interventions

  • RadiationWhole-dose radiotherapy

    The radiotherapy plan for the large-dose fractionation group: 45 Gy / 15 fractions / 3 weeks

  • RadiationConventional fractionated radiotherapy

    Conventional fractionated radiotherapy plan: 50 Gy / 25 fractions / 5 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Local Control Rate

    Local recurrence rate: Regular imaging examinations (such as mammography, MRI, and ultrasound) are conducted to monitor the recurrence of tumors in the breast area. Local recurrence is typically defined as the reappearance of a lump at the original tumor site or in the breast reconstruction area, or as confirmed malignant tumor cells through biopsy.

    Time frame: 5year

  2. Complications after breast reconstruction surgery

    Post-operative complications of breast reconstruction refer to the core complications that affect the survival of the reconstruction, lead to a second operation, or seriously affect the quality of life of the patient. The observation period is within 2 years. The removal of the implant or the occurrence of capsular contracture ≥ Baker grade III, the rate of severe capsular contracture: This is the most significant physical failure mode of pseudo-weight reconstruction. Reconstruction failure rate: Requires a second operation to remove the implant or replace the flap.

    Time frame: 2year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The individual participant data (IPD) will not be shared to protect the confidentiality of the patients, and in accordance with the institutional data protection policy.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedDate before it movedWhere the date was before it movedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Dec 2026; primary completion for Apr 2027, 4 months later.

Of 2,661 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 66. This study's planned 4 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 2,771 studies reached it within 33 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 66.

Start moved once since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: Oct 2026 → Dec 2026, on Nov 12, 2026.

Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 15, 2026
First posted
Sep 21, 2026
StartEst.
Dec 1, 2026was Oct 2026
Primary completionEst.
Apr 1, 2027
CompletionEst.
Apr 1, 2030
Last update
Nov 12, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Start date
Oct 1, 2026→Dec 1, 2026
Nov 12, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Nov 12, 2026
    Start date Oct 1, 2026→Dec 1, 2026
    + 2 other changes: verification date and description

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07831889
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 21, 2026
Start date
Dec 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2030 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 12, 2026

Study contacts

Liming Xu, Doctor
Contact
xuliming@tjmuch.com
86-22-23340123

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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