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Carbon-Fibre Accessory (CARA) for Supine Breast Positioning to Reduce Toxicity in Whole Breast Radiotherapy

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer
Interventions
Device: Carbon-Fibre Adjustable Reuseable Accessory (CARA)
Registration Number
NCT04257396
Lead Sponsor
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Brief Summary

This trial is designed to assess the efficacy of a novel carbon-fibre adjustable reusable accessory (CARA) for breast support to reduce skin toxicity and unwanted normal tissue dose in comparison to the current clinical standard for supine breast support during whole breast RT.

Detailed Description

This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of utilizing the CARA positioning device for reducing the incidence and severity of acute skin reactions in the infra-mammary fold in patients undergoing WBRT. Secondary outcomes include patient reported outcomes and dose to normal body tissue and organs at risk. This is a randomized controlled trial. Participants will be randomly assigned to the following two arms:

Arm 1 patients will receive CARA breast support. The known benefits to using CARA for breast positioning are reduction in IMF skin folds during treatment, reduction in breast separation, and reduction in V50% body, V105% body and lung V20 Gy in treatment planning. No known risks to using CARA have been identified.

Arm 2 patients will not receive CARA breast support. Patients in arm 2 may be treated with no breast support, a small foam wedge, a thermoplastic shell or alternate supine breast support method according to the current standard of care at the treating centre. These methods have entered RT clinical practice over decades of practice without published evidence of impact on rates of MD. Published rates of MD for the control arm thus pertain to a cross section of these methods. The control arm of this study will look at all of these methods combined. There may be centre specific preference for the control method and stratification by centre will be done.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
220
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 or older.
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • ECOG performance status 0 - 2
  • Stage 0-3 invasive breast cancer or DCIS scheduled to received adjuvant radiotherapy to the whole breast
  • Any infra-mammary skin fold of >= 0.5 cm in the supine treatment position and/or palpable lateral breast tissue falling posterior to the mid-axilla line while in supine or treatment position.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Inability to give informed consent or comply with experimental arm of trial
  • Previous RT to either breast or to the chest
  • Planned boost to infra mammary area
  • Use of Mepitel while on treatment
  • Failure to heal surgical wound or significant post-operative wound infection
  • Presence of significant connective tissue disease (e.g. systemic sclerosis, SLE)
  • Known radiation hypersensitivity phenotype (e.g. ataxia telangiectasia etc.)
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Planned partial breast irradiation, unless the treated area includes the infra-mammary fold

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm 1 CARA PositioningCarbon-Fibre Adjustable Reuseable Accessory (CARA)Arm 1 patients will receive CARA breast support. The known benefits to using CARA for breast positioning are reduction in IMF skin folds during treatment, reduction in breast separation, and reduction in V50% body, V105% body and lung V20 Gy in treatment planning. No known risks to using CARA have been identified.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rates of moist desquamation in the infra-mammary foldup to two weeks post radiotherapy

Presence or absence of moist desquamation

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Heart V25Gyprior to first treatment, 1 week

Planned volume of heart receiving 25Gy for left breast patients

Severity of moist desquamation (MD) in the IMFup to two weeks post radiotherapy

Scoring of patch versus confluent moist desquamation

Dose-area predictor of moist desquamationthrough study completion, up to 5 weeks

Measured dose to skin using radio-chromic film on three treatment fractions

Workflowthrough study completion, up to 5 weeks

Measured time for treatment setup

Reproducibility of treatment setupthrough study completion, up to 5 weeks

Shifts in patient position measured with daily and weekly imaging

Patient Reported Skin Toxicitythrough study completion, up to 7 weeks

Questionnaire with 11 questions for patients to report pain, fatigue, skin reaction, open skin, sleep and work interruption, and comfort during treatment on 4 point scale

NCI CTAE V 4 skin toxicityup to two weeks post radiotherapy

overall breast skin reaction scores

Ipsilateral Lung V20 Gyprior to first treatment, 1 week

Planned volume of ipsilateral lung receiving \>=20 Gy

V50% body and V105% bodyprior to first treatment, 1 week

planned volume of body receiving \>=50% and \>=105% of the prescribed dose

User experience with the setup techniquethrough study completion, up to 5 weeks

Survey with 5 questions using a 4 point scale to collect radiation therapist assessment of ease of use and overall satisfaction with the setup method

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

BC Cancer

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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