Clinical trial · Observational
Toxicity and Outcome of Whole Breast Hypofractionated Radiotherapy: a Single Institution Experience
Toxicity and Outcome of Whole Breast Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Without Boost: Results of a Homogeneous Single Institution Experience
- 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)
This is a homogeneous, single institution, observational, non-interventional, prospective study of 500 patients who will be treated according to the standard protocol of adjuvant hypofractionated radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery, at a total dose of 40 Gy/ 15 fr (5 fr/ week, 3 consecutive weeks). In addition to the regular follow up, the patients will respond to the quality-of-life questionnaires (QLQ) of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), general, QLQ- C30, and specific for breast (BR), QLQ- BR23, at the first visit, at the end of radiotherapy and at the subsequent follow-up visits from 6 months up to 5 and a half years, to evaluate the quality of life during and after the treatment. The study also has a retrospective arm of approximately 3300 patients (number of patients and characteristics of disease expanded with the amendment presented to the Lombardia 1 Ethics Committee in May 22/2024), treated from January 2009, for whom disease control and toxicity will be evaluated.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
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 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Radiotherapy; Adverse Effect, Dermatitis or Eczema | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of life measurement | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Quality of life
- description
- Quality of life of breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery (quadrantectomy) and adjuvant hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy according to the institutional standard regimen, to a total dose of 40 Gy in 15 fraction over 3 weeks will be measured with EORTC quality of life questionnaires QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23, before the start of the radiotherapy, at the end of the radiotherapy and subsequently at every follow-up visit (the first at 6 months after the end of the treatment, then annually for 5 consecutive years after the first follow up visit).
- interventionNames
- Other: Quality of life measurement
- label
- Breast cancer, retrospective
- description
- In the observational retrospective cohort patients with histologically confirmed breast cancer treated with hypofractionated/ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy to: * whole breast +/- Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) to surgical bed, * breast/chest wall and lymph node areas +/- SIB to surgical bed, * surgical bed only, with accelerated partial breast irradiation, using 3D conformal radiotherapy or advanced radiotherapy techniques (IGRT, IMRT, SBRT) will be included.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 85 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Breast cancer patients with TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours pathological stage Tis-T4d, N0-N3, treated with surgery (conservative or mastectomy), accelerated partial breast irradiation or whole breast hypofractionated radiotherapy +/-SIB +/- regional lymph node irradiation Exclusion Criteria: \- male breast cancer patients
References
Publications (37)
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