Clinical Application of CTC in Operable Breast Cancer Patients

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Procedure: Surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy; Procedure: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery

• Registration Number: NCT03842176
• Lead Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2019-02-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-02-13
• Study First Posted: 2019-02-15
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-03
• Primary Completion: 2019-07
• Study Completion: 2019-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 90

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Surgery	Surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy	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.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The level of CTC mRNA markers in patients' peripheral blood	3 years	The level of CTC mRNA markers in patients' peripheral blood of neoadjuvant chemotherapy group and surgery group in different periods

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Peking Union Medical College Hospital; 🇨🇳 Beijing, China