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The HeartSpare Study

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Breast cancer
Cancer
Malignant neoplasm of breast
Registration Number
ISRCTN53585935
Lead Sponsor
The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust (UK)
Brief Summary

2013 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23726115 2015 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25739317

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
73
Inclusion Criteria

1. Complete microscopic excision of early stage invasive ductal or lobular carcinoma (pT1-3b N0-1 M0) of the left breast following breast conservation surgery or mastectomy
2. Recommendation for whole breast (Group A and B) or chest wall radiotherapy (Group A only) (with or without tumour bed boost)
3. Age =18
4. Performance status =1
5. Patients able to tolerate breath-ho
6. Target Gender: Female
7. Lower Age Limit is 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Requirement for nodal irradiaion
2. Patients with micro- or macro-scopic disease on sentinel node biopsy who have not undergone completion axillary node clearance
3. Previous radiotherapy to any region above the diaphragm

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Group A: Reproducibility - interfraction reproducibility of patient position (mean daily displacements of chest wall) in v_DI
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Group B: Difference in mean LAD NTDmean - difference in mean normal tissue dose (NTDmean) (Gy) to left anterior-descending coronary artery
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