Patterns of Relapse After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Patterns of Relapse After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer and Implications for Follow up in Clinical Practice

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06210347
• Other study ID #: breast cancer and NAC
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: January 2024
• Est. completion date: January 2026

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: Nour Salah, Master
• Phone: 0115 245 9725
• Email: dr.noursalah97[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to identify patterns of relapse after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC) for breast cancer to refine follow up recommendations.

Description:

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is usually used to facilitate breast-conserving surgery and improve surgical outcomes for breast cancer patients [1]. In addition, NAC can help to eradicate micrometastatic disease and serve to test chemosensitivity while providing similar survival benefits to adjuvant chemotherapy [2-5] .

Pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with superior survival outcomes, with higher rates of pCR in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtypes compared to hormone receptor (HR)-positive subtypes [6-7] .

Patients who achieve pCR also remain at signifcant risk of relapse, with studies reporting 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates of 75-87% [2,8-10] . Retrospective study of 88 Japanese patients who achieved pCR reported a recurrence rate of 13.6% and all relapses occurred within 32 months from diagnosis [11].

There for, little is known about the patterns of relapse after NAC especially in the real world. There are currently no specific guidelines for post-treatment follow-up of patients treated with NAC and variations in practice exist. So, this study aims to evaluate the relapse risks in different subgroups of breast cancers treated with NAC and determine the associated time trends and patterns of relapse in these patients. These findings may potentially lead to the development of risk-adapted surveillance strategies for patients treated with NAC

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: January 2026
• Est. primary completion date: December 2025
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Female patients aged >= 18

2. Pathologically proved breast cancer

3. PS 0-1 (ECOG)

4. Patients indicated to receive NAC

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with metastatic disease at diagnosis

2. Patients who did not undergo subsequent curative intent surgery

3. Those who received Neoadjuvant hormonal treatment

4. Those that had incomplete treatment information

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

References & Publications (8)

Cortazar P, Zhang L, Untch M, Mehta K, Costantino JP, Wolmark N, Bonnefoi H, Cameron D, Gianni L, Valagussa P, Swain SM, Prowell T, Loibl S, Wickerham DL, Bogaerts J, Baselga J, Perou C, Blumenthal G, Blohmer J, Mamounas EP, Bergh J, Semiglazov V, Justice R, Eidtmann H, Paik S, Piccart M, Sridhara R, Fasching PA, Slaets L, Tang S, Gerber B, Geyer CE Jr, Pazdur R, Ditsch N, Rastogi P, Eiermann W, von Minckwitz G. Pathological complete response and long-term clinical benefit in breast cancer: the CTNeoBC pooled analysis. Lancet. 2014 Jul 12;384(9938):164-72. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62422-8. Epub 2014 Feb 14. Erratum In: Lancet. 2019 Mar 9;393(10175):986. — View Citation

Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Long-term outcomes for neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer: meta-analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Jan;19(1):27-39. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30777-5. Epub 2017 Dec 11. — View Citation

Fisher B, Bryant J, Wolmark N, Mamounas E, Brown A, Fisher ER, Wickerham DL, Begovic M, DeCillis A, Robidoux A, Margolese RG, Cruz AB Jr, Hoehn JL, Lees AW, Dimitrov NV, Bear HD. Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Apr 1;41(10):1795-1808. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02571. — View Citation

Kong X, Moran MS, Zhang N, Haffty B, Yang Q. Meta-analysis confirms achieving pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts favourable prognosis for breast cancer patients. Eur J Cancer. 2011 Sep;47(14):2084-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.06.014. Epub 2011 Jul 5. — View Citation

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Tanioka M, Shimizu C, Yonemori K, Yoshimura K, Tamura K, Kouno T, Ando M, Katsumata N, Tsuda H, Kinoshita T, Fujiwara Y. Predictors of recurrence in breast cancer patients with a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Br J Cancer. 2010 Jul 27;103(3):297-302. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605769. Epub 2010 Jul 6. — View Citation

van der Hage JA, van de Velde CJ, Julien JP, Tubiana-Hulin M, Vandervelden C, Duchateau L. Preoperative chemotherapy in primary operable breast cancer: results from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer trial 10902. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Nov 15;19(22):4224-37. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.22.4224. — View Citation

Wolmark N, Wang J, Mamounas E, Bryant J, Fisher B. Preoperative chemotherapy in patients with operable breast cancer: nine-year results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-18. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2001;(30):96-102. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jncimonographs.a003469. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The patterns of relapse after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC) for breast cancer to refine follow up recommendations.	Patterns of relapse after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer patients to refine follow up recommendations.	2 years