Clinical trial · Interventional
Local Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer
The Effect of Primary Surgical Treatment on Survival in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer at Diagnosis
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Primary treatments for metastatic breast cancer are chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and surgery is reserved for tumor related complications such as bleeding. Retrospective studies showed that surgical removal of the primary tumor improves survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis. We hypothesis and testing that surgical removal of the primary tumor will lead to an improvement of overall survival
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary surgery | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- A
- description
- Standard Systemic Therapy only group (no primary surgery)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- B
- description
- Surgery group
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Primary surgery
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Measure: all cause mortality
- timeFrame
- 5 years
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Quality of life
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Women with metastatic breast cancer at the initial diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * Women needs breast surgery at the time of initial diagnosis (such as bleeding, necrosis, etc) * who have systemic morbidity that do not allows her to be in the trial, * who have synchronous breast cancer at the contralateral breast, * who have a previous cancer history or another primary cancer history and metastasis at the past, * who have palpable lymph node/nodes at the contralateral axilla, * who do not agree to participate the trial
References
Publications (6)
- BACKGROUNDRapiti E, Verkooijen HM, Vlastos G, Fioretta G, Neyroud-Caspar I, Sappino AP, Chappuis PO, Bouchardy C. Complete excision of primary breast tumor improves survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jun 20;24(18):2743-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.2226. Epub 2006 May 15. PMID 16702580
- BACKGROUNDBabiera GV, Rao R, Feng L, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Singletary SE, Hunt KK, Ross MI, Gwyn KM, Feig BW, Ames FC, Hortobagyi GN. Effect of primary tumor extirpation in breast cancer patients who present with stage IV disease and an intact primary tumor. Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Jun;13(6):776-82. doi: 10.1245/ASO.2006.03.033. Epub 2006 Apr 17. PMID 16614878
- DERIVEDSoran A, Ozmen V, Ozbas S, Karanlik H, Muslumanoglu M, Igci A, Canturk NZ, Utkan Z, Evrensel T, Sezgin E; MF07-01 Study Group. Primary Surgery with Systemic Therapy in Patients with de Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer: 10-year Follow-up; Protocol MF07-01 Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Dec;233(6):742-751.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.08.686. Epub 2021 Sep 13. PMID 34530124
- DERIVEDSoran A, Soyder A, Ozbas S, Ozmen V, Karanlik H, Igci A, Muslumanoglu M, Evrensel T, Canturk Z, Utkan Z, Ozaslan C, Uras C, Ugurlu U, Col C, Cabioglu N, Uzunkoy A, Gulluoglu BM, Erdem E, Konca C, Sezgin E; Breast Health Working Group International (supported by the Turkish Federation of Breast Disease Societies). The role of loco-regional treatment in long-term quality of life in de novo stage IV breast cancer patients: protocol MF07-01Q. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Jul;29(7):3823-3830. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05905-z. Epub 2020 Nov 26. PMID 33242163
- DERIVEDSoran A, Ozmen V, Ozbas S, Karanlik H, Muslumanoglu M, Igci A, Canturk Z, Utkan Z, Ozaslan C, Evrensel T, Uras C, Aksaz E, Soyder A, Ugurlu U, Col C, Cabioglu N, Bozkurt B, Uzunkoy A, Koksal N, Gulluoglu BM, Unal B, Atalay C, Yildirim E, Erdem E, Salimoglu S, Sezer A, Koyuncu A, Gurleyik G, Alagol H, Ulufi N, Berberoglu U, Dulger M, Cengiz O, Sezgin E, Johnson R. Randomized Trial Comparing Resection of Primary Tumor with No Surgery in Stage IV Breast Cancer at Presentation: Protocol MF07-01. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Oct;25(11):3141-3149. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6494-6. Epub 2018 May 17.