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Pregnancy Outcome and Safety of Interrupting Therapy for Women With Endocrine Responsive Breast Cancer

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Early Breast Cancer
Interventions
Other: Endocrine therapy interruption
Registration Number
NCT02308085
Lead Sponsor
ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation
Brief Summary

The best available evidence suggests that pregnancy after breast cancer does not increase a woman's risk of developing a recurrence from her breast cancer. In particular, the most recent data suggest that this is the case also in women with a hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. There is also no indication of increased risk for delivery complications or for the newborn. The aim of the study is to investigate if temporary interruption of endocrine therapy, with the goal to permit pregnancy, is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer recurrence.The study aims also to evaluate different specific indicators related to fertility, pregnancy and breast cancer biology in young women. A psycho-oncological companion study on fertility concerns, psychological well-being and decisional conflicts will be conducted in interested Centers.

Detailed Description

Recent decades have witnessed a delay in childbearing for a variety of reasons including cultural, educational, and professional. As a consequence, breast cancer in young women often occurs before the completion of reproductive plans. Infertility has a significant impact on quality of life, resulting in substantial distress in younger women with breast cancer and influencing treatment decisions in a consistent proportion of patients.The best available evidence suggests that pregnancy after breast cancer does not increase a woman's risk of developing a recurrence.For women desiring pregnancy after a breast cancer, 5-10 years of endocrine therapy may substantially reduce the chance of conception; however, a shorter duration of endocrine therapy in this population has not been studied in a prospective manner.

Birth outcome after breast cancer has not been shown to be different from that of the normal population, but increased risks of delivery complications, cesarean section, preterm birth and low birth weight have been reported.

Endocrine agents are potentially teratogenic: taking into account their median half-life, waiting 3 months after their interruption before attempting conception is considered safe.

The limited evidence available on breastfeeding after breast cancer reports successful lactation from the treated breast in approximately 30% of women without detrimental effect on survival. No prospective definitive data are available.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
518
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 42 years at enrollment.
  • Has received adjuvant endocrine therapy (SERM alone, GnRH analogue plus SERM or AI) for ≥18 months but ≤30 months for early breast cancer.

Note: Patients who have received neo/adjuvant endocrine treatment within a clinical trial and patients who have received pharmaco-prevention are eligible.

  • The adjuvant endocrine therapy must have stopped within 1 month prior to enrollment.
  • Patient wishes to become pregnant. Note: Patients who have undergone oocyte/embryo/ovarian tissue cryopreservation at breast cancer diagnosis and/or have a previous history of assisted reproductive technology (ART) are eligible.
  • Breast cancer for which patient is receiving endocrine therapy must have been histologically-proven stage I-III, endocrine-responsive (i.e., estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive, according to local definition of positive, determined using immunohistochemistry (IHC)), and treated with curative intent.

Note:

  • Patients with synchronous bilateral invasive breast cancer (diagnosed histologically within 2 months) are eligible.
  • Patient with invasive breast cancer or synchronous bilateral invasive breast cancer (diagnosed histologically within 2 months) during pregnancy are eligible.
  • Patients with BRCA1/2 mutations are eligible.
  • Patients could have received neo/adjuvant chemotherapy, or other systemic therapy (e.g., neo/adjuvant HER2-targeted therapy) according to institutional policy and patient's desire.
  • Patient must be premenopausal at breast cancer diagnosis, as determined locally and documented in patient record.
  • Patient must be without clinical evidence of loco-regional and distant disease, as evaluated according to institutional assessment standards and documented in the patient record.
  • Written informed consent (IC) for trial participation must be signed and dated by the patient and the investigator prior to enrollment.
  • Written consent to biological material submission, indicating the patient has been informed of and agrees to tissue and blood material use, transfer and handling, must be signed and dated by the patient and the investigator prior to any procedures specific for this trial.
  • The patient has been informed of and agrees to data transfer and handling, in accordance with national data protection guidelines.
  • Patient must be accessible for follow-up.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Post-menopausal patients at BC diagnosis, as determined locally.
  • History of hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or ovarian irradiation.
  • Patients with current local, loco-regional relapse and/or distant metastatic breast cancer.
  • Patients with a history of prior (ipsi- and/or contralateral) invasive BC.
  • Patients with previous or concomitant non-breast invasive malignancy.
  • Exceptions are limited exclusively to patients with the following previous malignancies, if adequately treated: basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ non-breast carcinoma, contra- or ipsilateral in situ breast carcinoma, stage Ia carcinoma of the cervix.
  • Concurrent disease or condition that would make the patient inappropriate for study participation or any serious medical disorder that would interfere with the patient's safety.
  • Patients with a history of noncompliance to medical treatments and/or considered potentially unreliable.
  • Patients with psychiatric, addictive, or any disorder that would prevent compliance with protocol requirements.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Endocrine therapy interruptionEndocrine therapy interruptionEndocrine therapy interruption after having completed between ≥ 18 months and ≤ 30 months.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Breast Cancer free interval (BCFI)From enrollment until the first invasive BC event, assessed up to 14 years

Kaplan-Meier Analysis

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Offspring outcomeUp to 33 months after enrollment

Collect information on preterm birth, low birth weight, births defects rates.

Distant recurrence-free interval (DRFI)Time from enrollment in the study to the first breast cancer recurrence in a distant site, assessed up to 14 years

Kaplan-Meier Analysis

Information on Menstruation recovery and patternUp to 24 months after enrollment

Menstrual diary

Pregnancy outcomeUp to 33 months after enrollment

Labor and delivery Information, full term pregnancy, caesarean section, abortion, miscarriage, ectopic, stillbirth rates.

Pregnancy rate (determined by pregnancy test)Up to 24 months after enrollment

Pregnancy test

Breastfeeding patternUp to 36 months after enrollment

Analysis of pattern e.g Duration, use of ipsilateral breast if previous breast conservation, side exclusivity

Use of assisted reproductive Technology (ART)Up to 24 months after enrollment

ART use will be tabulated

Trial Locations

Locations (208)

Mattoon Charleston Primary Care

🇺🇸

Mattoon, Illinois, United States

Sanford Bismark Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Mount Sinai Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Emory University

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ohio State University

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

UPMC-Magee Womens Hospital

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Cedars Sinai Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Poudre Valley Hospital

🇺🇸

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Saint Francis

🇺🇸

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital-Orange Care Center

🇺🇸

Orange, Connecticut, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital-Waterbury Care Center

🇺🇸

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center-Trumbull

🇺🇸

Trumbull, Connecticut, United States

Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants PA

🇺🇸

Newport, Delaware, United States

Christiana Care Health System-Christiana Hospital

🇺🇸

Newark, Delaware, United States

Regional Hematology Oncology Practice Associates

🇺🇸

Newport, Delaware, United States

NorthShore Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Skokie, Illinois, United States

IHA Hematology Consultants-Chelsea

🇺🇸

Chelsea, Michigan, United States

IHA Hematology Oncology Consultants-Ann Arbor

🇺🇸

Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States

Sanford Clinic North - Bemidji

🇺🇸

Bemidji, Minnesota, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus, 111 East 210th Street

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Centre

🇺🇸

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Sanford USD Medical Centre - Sioux Falls

🇺🇸

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Bon Secours Saint Francis Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Midlothian, Virginia, United States

University of Washington Medical Center

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Vancouver Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Azienda Sanitaria di Bolzano

🇮🇹

Bolzano, Italy

Salvatore Maugeri Foundation - Medical Oncology Unit

🇮🇹

Pavia, Italy

AO Universitaria Ospedale Di Circolo e Fondazione

🇮🇹

Varese, Italy

Kansai Rosai Hospital

🇯🇵

Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan

Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital

🇯🇵

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Kyoto University Hospital

🇯🇵

Kyoto, Japan

National Cancer Center Hospital

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

Showa University Hospital

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

Hospital General de Catalunya

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitario Donostia

🇪🇸

Donostia, Spain

Brustzentum Kantonsspital St. Gallen

🇨🇭

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Indiana University

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Med. Univ. Klinik f. Chir

🇦🇹

Vienna, Austria

University Hospital Limerick

🇮🇪

Limerick, Ireland

Norwegian Radium Hospital (Oslo University)

🇳🇴

Oslo, Norway

Institute of Oncology & Radiology of Serbia

🇷🇸

Belgrade, Serbia

Institute of Oncology Ljubljana - Medical Oncology Department

🇸🇮

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Universitätsspital Basel

🇨🇭

Basel, Switzerland

Brustzentrum Thurgau - Obstetrics and Gynecology

🇨🇭

Frauenfeld, Switzerland

Brust-Zentrum AG

🇨🇭

Zürich, Switzerland

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

🇮🇱

Jerusalem, Israel

Bozeman Deaconess Hospital

🇺🇸

Bozeman, Montana, United States

St. James's Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin 8, Ireland

Inselspital Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

CHCVs Hôpital de Sion - Service d'oncologie ambulatoire

🇨🇭

Sion, Switzerland

St Vincent's University Hospital

🇮🇪

Dublin, Ireland

University Hospital Zurich

🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland

Univ. Klinik f. Frauenheilkunde u. Geburtshilfe

🇦🇹

Graz, Austria

Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

🇪🇸

El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

Univ. Klinik f. Frauenheilkunde Innsbruck

🇦🇹

Innsbruck, Austria

LKH Salzburg

🇦🇹

Salzburg, Austria

University Hospital Waterford

🇮🇪

Waterford, Ireland

University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) BH06 - Oncology Department

🇨🇭

Lausanne, Switzerland

Hennepin County Medical Center - Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Mayo Clinic

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Huntsman Cancer Institute / University of Utah

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

SCL Health Saint Joseph Hospital

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Georgetown University Hospital

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Case Western Reserve University

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Sharp Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

St Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital

🇯🇵

Kawasaki, Japan

Spartanburg Medical Center

🇺🇸

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Faris

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Spartanburg

🇺🇸

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Emory University Hospital Midtown

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Stanford Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Rocky Mountain Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center-Fairfield

🇺🇸

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Yale-New Haven Hospital North Haven Medical Center

🇺🇸

North Haven, Connecticut, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital-Derby Care Center

🇺🇸

Derby, Connecticut, United States

Smilow Cancer Hospital-Torrington Care Center

🇺🇸

Torrington, Connecticut, United States

Sibley Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Evanston, Illinois, United States

NorthShore University HealthSystem-Evanston Hospital

🇺🇸

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Carle Cancer Centre

🇺🇸

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Greater Baltimore Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Johns Hopkins University

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

The Carle Foundation Hospital

🇺🇸

Urbana, Illinois, United States

IHA Hematology Consultants-Brighton

🇺🇸

Brighton, Michigan, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital- Canton

🇺🇸

Canton, Michigan, United States

IHA Hematology Consultants-Canton

🇺🇸

Canton, Michigan, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital - Chelsea

🇺🇸

Chelsea, Michigan, United States

Fairview Southdale Hospital

🇺🇸

Edina, Minnesota, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital - Brighton

🇺🇸

Brighton, Michigan, United States

Essentia Health Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

St John's Hospital

🇺🇸

Maplewood, Minnesota, United States

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

Regions Hospital

🇺🇸

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Norris Cotton Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Missouri Baptist Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Hospital

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

SUNY Upstate Medical University

🇺🇸

Syracuse, New York, United States

Sanford Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Dickstein Cancer Treatment Centre

🇺🇸

White Plains, New York, United States

Margaret R Pardee Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

Chagrin Highlands

🇺🇸

Orange Village, Ohio, United States

Southeastern Medical Oncology Centre

🇺🇸

Wilson, North Carolina, United States

Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Butternut

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Seneca

🇺🇸

Seneca, South Carolina, United States

Sanford Cancer Centre Oncology Clinic

🇺🇸

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Doctor's Hospital of Laredo

🇺🇸

Laredo, Texas, United States

St John of God Subiaco Hospital

🇦🇺

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

University of Vermont Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Mechanicsville, Virginia, United States

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Clinique St.Elizabeth

🇧🇪

Namur, Belgium

Institut Jules Bordet

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

UZ Leuven

🇧🇪

Leuven, Belgium

Rigshospitalet

🇩🇰

København, Denmark

CHA-Hopital Du St-Sacrement

🇨🇦

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Tom Baker Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

C.H.U. Sart-Tilman

🇧🇪

Liege, Belgium

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Institut Bergonie

🇫🇷

Bordeaux, France

St Michael's Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Laso General Hospital, First Department of Medical Oncology

🇬🇷

Athens, Greece

Galway University Hospital

🇮🇪

Galway, Ireland

Debrecen University Dep. of Oncology

🇭🇺

Debrecen, Hungary

APHP, Tenon Hospital in Paris

🇫🇷

Paris, France

University General Hospital of Heraklion

🇬🇷

Stavrakia, Crete, Greece

French Lyon Cancer Center

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

🇮🇱

Tel Hashomer, Israel

Multimedica Spa

🇮🇹

Castellanza, Vareze, Italy

Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

🇮🇹

Aviano, Italy

Ospedale di Prato

🇮🇹

Prato, Firenze, Italy

Istituto scientifico Romagnolo per lo studio e la cura

🇮🇹

Meldola, Italy

U.O Medicina Oncologica Ospedale di Carpi

🇮🇹

Carpi, Modena, Italy

Ospedale degli Infermi - S. C. Oncologia Medica

🇮🇹

Biella, Italy

Ospedale di Trento

🇮🇹

Trento, Italy

Istituto Nazionale Ricerca Cancro

🇮🇹

Genova, Italy

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO)

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

University of Eastern Piedmont

🇮🇹

Novara, Italy

UO Oncologia, Rimini Hospital

🇮🇹

Rimini, Italy

Ospedale Belcolle di Viterbo

🇮🇹

Viterbo, Italy

Regina Elena National Cancer Institute

🇮🇹

Rome, Italy

Social Medical Corporation Hakuaikai Sagara Hospital

🇯🇵

Kagoshima, Japan

NHO Kyushu Cancer Centre, 3-1-1 Notame Minami-ku Fukuoka-shi

🇯🇵

Fukuoka, Japan

Okayama University Hospital

🇯🇵

Okayama, Japan

NHO Shikoku Cancer Center

🇯🇵

Matsuyama, Japan

Tohoku University Hospital

🇯🇵

Sendai, Japan

Toranomon Hospital

🇯🇵

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kamiiida Daiichi General Hospital

🇯🇵

Nagoya, Japan

National Cancer Center for Global Medicine

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

St Luke's International Hospital

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

Samsung Medical Center

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Asan Medical Center

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

University of Tsukuba

🇯🇵

Tsukuba, Japan

The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, Postbus 9600

🇳🇱

Leiden, Netherlands

NHO Osaka National Hospital

🇯🇵

Ōsaka, Japan

American University of Beirut Medical Center

🇱🇧

Beirut, Lebanon

Champalimaud Cancer Center - Breast Cancer Unit

🇵🇹

Lisbon, Portugal

Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Clinico San Carlos

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro - Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal (CIOCC)

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Instituto Catalán de Oncología de Gerona Hospital

🇪🇸

Gerona, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra

🇪🇸

Pamplona, Spain

Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

🇪🇸

Oviedo, Spain

Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria

🇪🇸

Málaga, Spain

Universitario Virgen del Rocio

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Hospital General Universitario de Valencia - Servico Oncologia

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca

🇪🇸

Palma, Spain

Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Spain

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

🇪🇸

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Hospital Quiron Sagrado Corazon

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Spital STS AG Onkologiezentrum Thun-Berner Oberland

🇨🇭

Thun, Bern, Switzerland

Hospital Virgen De La Salud

🇪🇸

Toledo, Spain

University Hospital Geneva

🇨🇭

Genève, Switzerland

Kantonspital Baden AG

🇨🇭

Baden, Switzerland

Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana (IOSI)

🇨🇭

Bellinzona, Switzerland

Oncocare Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

NorthShore Unversity Health System - Highland Park Hospital

🇺🇸

Highland Park, Illinois, United States

Helen F. Graham Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Newark, Delaware, United States

University of New Mexico Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Centre Oscar Lambret

🇫🇷

Lille, France

Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

NorthShore University Health System - Glenbrook Hospital

🇺🇸

Glenview, Illinois, United States

Carle on Vermilion

🇺🇸

Danville, Illinois, United States

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Carle Physician Group - Effingham

🇺🇸

Effingham, Illinois, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Einstein Campus, 1695 Eastchester Road

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

University of Colorado Cancer Centre - Anschutz Cancer Pavilion

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Straub Clinic and Hospital

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

OnCare Hawaii Inc - POB I

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Queen's Medical Centre

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

OnCare Hawaii-Kuakini

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Greer

🇺🇸

Greer, South Carolina, United States

Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Eastside

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Seoul National University Hospital

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Yale University - Yale Cancer Centre

🇺🇸

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Bon Secours Saint Mary's Hospital

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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