Clinical Application of CTC in Operable Breast Cancer Patients

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery; Procedure: Surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03842176

PUMCH-BREAST-CTC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aim to evaluate the possibility of clinical application of CTC detection in samples or peripheral blood of breast cancer patients, so as to act as the new techniques or indicators of early diagnosis, therapy efficiency, or postoperative surveillance of breast cancer.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent must be obtained and documented according to the local regulatory requirements prior to beginning specific protocol procedures.
• Age of at least 18 and at most 70 years.
• Performance status (Karnofsky-Index) >80%.
• Chemotherapy is necessary before or after surgery.
• No clinical evidence of local recurrence or distant metastases.
• Complete staging work-up within 3 months prior to registration. All patients must have (bilateral) mammography or breast MRI, chest X-ray; other tests may be performed as clinically indicated.
• Life expectancy of at least 2 years, disregarding the diagnosis of cancer.
• Adequate organ function including normal red and white blood count, platelets, serum creatinine, bilirubin, and transaminases within normal range of the institution.
• Patients must be available for and compliant to treatment and follow-up.
• Patients registered on this trial must be treated and followed up at the participating center.

Exclusion criteria

• Known hypersensitivity reaction to the investigational compounds or incorporated substances.
• Local recurrence and/or metastasis of breast cancer.
• No need of chemotherapy.
• Pregnant or lactating patients. Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (urine or serum) within 14 days prior to registration.
• Prior or concomitant secondary malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix).
• Any other serious medical pathology, such as congestive heart failure; unstable angina; history of myocardial infarction during the previous year; uncontrolled high risk arrhythmias.
• Other serious illness or medical condition that may interfere with the understanding and giving of informed consent and the conduct of the study.
• Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs or any other anti-cancer therapy.
• Males.

Trial design

90 participants in 2 patient groups

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Description:

CTC of operable breast cancer patients with neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery in different periods: before neo-chemotherapy, during neo-chemotherapy, on surgery day, after surgery and follow-up time.

Treatment:

Procedure: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery

Surgery

Description:

CTC of operable breast cancer patients with surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in different periods: on surgery day, after surgery, before adjuvant chemotherapy, during adjuvant chemotherapy, and follow-up time.

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy