Clinical trial · Interventional
Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for OligoMetastatic Breast Cancer
Treatment of Oligometastatic Breast Cancer - a Randomised Phase 3 Trial Comparing Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy and Systemic Treatment With Systemic Treatment Alone as 1st Line Treatment
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 26, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260926-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
TAORMINA is an international, multicentre, randomised phase 3 trial for patients with oligometastatic breast cancer (OMBC) that will be allocated to combined stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) + systemic therapy (investigational arm) versus systemic therapy alone (control arm) as 1st line therapy.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
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 Stage IV | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Oligometastatic Disease | Breast Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| SABR | Radiation | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental SABR arm
- description
- Standard first line systemic therapy + SABR.
- interventionNames
- Radiation: SABR
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control systemic therapy arm
- description
- Standard first line systemic therapy.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Progression-free survival (PFS)
- timeFrame
- 3 years after the last patient inclusion
- description
- Time from the date of randomisation to the date of disease-progression at any site or death from any cause.
Secondary outcomes (6)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. Histologically or cytological confirmed recurrent OMBC.
2. Age ≥18 years old.
3. OMBC defined as 1-5 metastases in a maximum of two organs confirmed by PET-CT.
4. Patients already on 1st line systemic treatment can be enrolled if repeated tumour evaluations show stable disease.
5. Patients with de novo stage IV OMBC must have a controlled primary tumour regardless of primary surgery or primary systemic treatment.
6. Patients with local recurrence and OMBC must have a controlled local recurrence.
7. ECOG/WHO 0-2.
8. Life expectancy \> 6 months.
9. Known ER, PgR and HER2 status of either primary tumour or metastasis (preferred).
10. Symptomatic bone metastases are allowed if ablative therapy can be delivered.
11. Adequate organ function for the planned treatment according to local guide-lines.
12. For patients with liver metastasis:
* No cirrhosis or hepatitis
* Hepatic function:
* Total bilirubin level \< 3.0 x institutional ULN
* ALT, AST, GGT, and alkaline phosphatase levels \< 3.0 x institutional ULN
* Albumin \> 2.5 mg/dL
* Metastasis not adjutant to stomach or small bowel.
13. For patients with abdominal metastases: adequate renal function with a calculated creatinine clearance of \> 60mL/min.
14. Toxicities from previous adjuvant therapies (excluding alopecia) must have recovered to grade 1 (defined by CTCAE 5.0). Stable grade 2 peripheral neuropathy are considered individually by the investigator.
15. Negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to start of treatment\*.
16. If childbearing potential, willing to use an effective form of contraception\*.
17. No other malignancy during the last 5 years except for radically treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or CIS of the cervix.
18. Signed informed consent and willingness to follow the trial procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. \> 1 line of systemic treatment for OMBC due to previous progressing disease (previous treatment of isolated local recurrences with a 2nd adjuvant treatment not included). Change due to toxicity allowed.
2. Oligometastases in brain.
3. Malignant pleural effusion or ascites.
4. Metastasis growth that involves \> 3 vertebra and adjacent spinal cord, spine instability or neurological deficit resulting from compression, 25% spinal canal compromise or progressive neurological deficit.
5. Unable to undergo imaging by either CT scan or MRI.
6. Evidence of any other medical conditions (such as psychiatric illness, infectious diseases, neurological conditions, physical examination or laboratory findings) that may interfere with the planned treatment or affect patient compliance.
7. Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
8. Concurrent malignancy requiring therapy (excluding non-invasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ).References
Publications (9)
- BACKGROUNDChalkidou A, Macmillan T, Grzeda MT, Peacock J, Summers J, Eddy S, Coker B, Patrick H, Powell H, Berry L, Webster G, Ostler P, Dickinson PD, Hatton MQ, Henry A, Keevil S, Hawkins MA, Slevin N, van As N. Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in patients with oligometastatic cancers: a prospective, registry-based, single-arm, observational, evaluation study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Jan;22(1):98-106. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30537-4. PMID 33387498
- BACKGROUNDMilano MT, Zhang H, Metcalfe SK, Muhs AG, Okunieff P. Oligometastatic breast cancer treated with curative-intent stereotactic body radiation therapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Jun;115(3):601-8. doi: 10.1007/s10549-008-0157-4. Epub 2008 Aug 22. PMID 18719992
- BACKGROUNDMilano MT, Katz AW, Zhang H, Okunieff P. Oligometastases treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy: long-term follow-up of prospective study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jul 1;83(3):878-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.08.036. Epub 2011 Dec 13. PMID 22172903
- BACKGROUNDScorsetti M, Franceschini D, De Rose F, Comito T, Villa E, Iftode C, Navarria P, D'Agostino GR, Masci G, Torrisi R, Testori A, Tinterri C, Santoro A. Stereotactic body radiation therapy: A promising chance for oligometastatic breast cancer. Breast. 2016 Apr;26:11-7. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2015.12.002. Epub 2016 Jan 3. PMID 27017237
- BACKGROUNDMilano MT, Katz AW, Zhang H, Huggins CF, Aujla KS, Okunieff P. Oligometastatic breast cancer treated with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy: Some patients survive longer than a decade. Radiother Oncol. 2019 Feb;131:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.11.022. Epub 2018 Dec 28. PMID 30773186
- BACKGROUNDTrovo M, Furlan C, Polesel J, Fiorica F, Arcangeli S, Giaj-Levra N, Alongi F, Del Conte A, Militello L, Muraro E, Martorelli D, Spazzapan S, Berretta M. Radical radiation therapy for oligometastatic breast cancer: Results of a prospective phase II trial. Radiother Oncol. 2018 Jan;126(1):177-180. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.08.032. Epub 2017 Sep 21.