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Breast CancerPhase 2NCT00978770

MRI in Predicting Early Response to Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing systemic chemotherapy, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in people with Breast Cancer, run by Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Scotland at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as MRI scans may help predict early response to treatment in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying MRI in predicting early response to chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
systemic chemotherapy, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
50 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Aug 2009to Jan 2010
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Newly diagnosed, histologically proven breast cancer
  • Stage T2-4B, N0-3C, and M0 disease
  • Locally advanced primary disease
  • Underwent both x-ray mammography and breast ultrasound scanning during the current treatment episode
  • Scheduled for neoadjuvant chemotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Medically stable
  • No renal failure
  • No serious breast trauma within the past 3 months
  • No known allergic reaction associated with previous administration of a paramagnetic contrast agent
  • No known contraindication to magnetic resonance (MR) scanning
  • Must pass the normal safety requirements of MR, particularly pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators
  • No disability preventing MR scanning in the prone position
  • No body habitus incompatible with MR system entry

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior chemotherapy
  • No prior surgery or radiotherapy for cancer in the ipsilateral breast
  • More than 4 months since prior surgery to the ipsilateral breast for benign breast disease

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Cactus Clinical Trials Unit

    Hull, England, HU3 2KZ

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About this study

Official title: Neo Comice Pilot; Efficacy of Advanced Semi-automated Functional Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging in the Early Prediction of Response of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as MRI scans may help predict early response to treatment in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying MRI in predicting early response to chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • To determine the technical feasibility of using MRI in a multicenter setting using the most commonly available magnetic resonance (MR) systems (i.e., is the trial able to scan patients to a specific protocol, using different types of MRI machine) measured by the number of MRI scans not completed to technical specifications (i.e., incorrect sequences or incomplete scans) or trial protocol (i.e., scans not completed or completed at the wrong time).
  • To determine how reliably the imaging data can be analyzed in a centralized, semi-automated manner (i.e., can MRI data be reliably transferred from different centers and analyzed using software based in the center for MR investigations at the University of Hull) measured by the number of cases where automated data analysis of completed MRI scans was not possible (i.e., data could not be analyzed at all or data required manual analysis).

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans at baseline, 4-7 days after beginning after the first course of chemotherapy, at the end of their second course of chemotherapy, and at the end of their fourth course of chemotherapy (first regimen). MRI techniques may include dynamic contrast-enhanced, diffusion-weighted, and spectroscopic.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Being tested
systemic chemotherapy, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, neoadjuvant therapy
Keywords
stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC breast cancer
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • systemic chemotherapyDrug

  • diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imagingProcedure or surgery

  • dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingProcedure or surgery

  • magnetic resonance spectroscopic imagingProcedure or surgery

  • neoadjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Failed scan rate (i.e., the number of scans that failed protocol) grouped by cause, including patient refusal, protocol violation in timing, major errors in scan protocols, and minor errors in scan protocol

  2. Failed automated MRI-scan data-analysis rate (i.e., number of scans that required manual reading and number of protocol-compliant scans that were unreadable, subdivided according to whether the scans were technically compliant or not)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Sep 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2009
  3. Study completionJan 2010

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Enrolment
50 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00978770
Sponsor's protocol ID
CCTU-Neo-COMICE
Other IDs
CDR0000649054, ISRCTN42613663, EU-20968
Status last verified
Sep 2009
First submitted
16 Sep 2009
Last updated
7 Aug 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing systemic chemotherapy, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in people with Breast Cancer, run by Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Scotland at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Aug 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Failed scan rate (i.e., the number of scans that failed protocol) grouped by cause, including patient refusal, protocol violation in timing, major errors in scan protocols, and minor errors in scan protocol. The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Aug 2013.

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