Prospective Evaluation of Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Procedure: Axillary Dissection

• Registration Number: NCT04998682
• Lead Sponsor: University of Miami

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate how to manage the axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer. The investigators will determine if a sampling of the lymph nodes under the arm will give the information necessary to determine if fewer lymph nodes can be removed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-07
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-10
• Study Start: 2022-03-01
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-26
• Primary Completion: 2026-03
• Study Completion: 2026-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• Women or men greater than or equal to 18 years.

• Histologically confirmed invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast.

• Clinical T0-4 N2-3 M0 at diagnosis (American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th Edition)

  • Assessment for cN2 disease will be performed by clinical exam and imaging. Patients should have pathologic level 1 and/or 2 axillary lymph nodes which are fixed/matted on physical exam.
  • Cross-sectional imaging will be used to identify advanced nodal disease involving the axilla, infraclavicular, supraclavicular, and internal mammary regions, cN3 disease.

• Patients must have biopsy proven involvement of the axillary lymph nodes.

• Receipt of standard multiagent chemotherapy +/- targeted therapy based on tumor subtype.

• Candidate for surgical management of breast cancer.

• Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

• History of allergic reactions or hypersensitivity to radioactive lymph node mapping agents or blue dye.
• Pregnancy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD)	Axillary Dissection	During standard of care (SoC) surgery to remove breast cancer, study participants will undergo a sampling of lymph nodes in the axilla first and then complete removal of axillary lymph nodes under the arm.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
False Negative Rate	Up to 2 weeks	The false negative rate of targeted axillary dissection after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) in study participants. A false negative event will be defined as a case where the specific node (either the clipped node or the sentinel lymph node, depending on the analysis) does not show metastasis even though residual disease is identified in the other axillary nodes. The false negative rate will be computed as the number of false negative events divided by the total number of pathologically node-positive patients.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pathologic Complete Response (pCR)	Up to 2 weeks	The number of participants with pCR will be reported. The percentage of patients with pCR will be calculated as the number of patients with a pCR divided by the total number of study participants. PCR is defined as the lack of all signs of cancer in tissue samples removed during surgery.
Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Rate	Day 1 (Day of Surgery)	The sentinel lymph node identification rate is the number of study participants with at least one sentinel lymph node divided by total number of study participants.
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events	Up to 3 weeks	Number of participants experiencing treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs). AEs will be assessed by and assigned severity and treatment attribution by the treating physician using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), Version 5.0.
Clipped Lymph Node Identification Rate	Day 1 (Day of Surgery)	The clipped lymph node identification rate is the number of study participants with at least one clipped lymph node removed divided by the total number of study participants with clipped lymph nodes.
Accuracy Rate of Imaging Studies	Up to 2 weeks	The accuracy rate of imaging studies in determining response in the breast and axilla will be calculated as the sum of true responders on imaging and true non-responders on imaging divided by total number of study participants.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Miami; 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States