A Study of an Alternative Treatment Approach (Preoperative Radiotherapy, Then Mastectomy, Then Immediate Reconstruction Surgery) in People With T4 Breast Cancer

NCT05412225 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-02-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study to test an alternative treatment approach that involves giving participants radiotherapy before their mastectomy (preoperative radiotherapy) and performing immediate reconstruction surgery at the time of mastectomy. The immediate reconstruction surgery is called an immediate autologous reconstruction (IR) and is different than the standard reconstruction surgery people with T4 breast cancer have. IR is a surgical procedure where immediately following your mastectomy, the surgeon takes tissue from another part of your body and uses it to re-create your breast. The standard reconstruction surgery occurs later and can be done with an implant or tissue from your body.

The main purpose of this study to find out if the alternative treatment approach shown above is feasible. The study will see how safe this alternative treatment approach is compared with the standard treatment approach.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Pre-neoadjuvant radiotherapy (NART) biopsy

Participants will undergo pre-NART core biopsy guided by post-NAC MRI to the area of residual enhancement or to the previously biopsied cancer if no residual enhancement remains

RADIATION

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy

After biopsy, participants will undergo neoadjuvant radiotherapy/NART

PROCEDURE

Unilateral total mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection

At 2-6 weeks after completion of NART, participants will undergo unilateral MRM (total mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection), with resection of all involved breast skin. Skin-sparing mastectomy will not be permitted. All patients will also undergo simultaneous unilateral autologous-based breast reconstruction with DIEP, ms-TRAM, or latissimus dorsi flap.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Audree Tadros, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-06
Primary Completion
2026-06-06
Completion
2026-06-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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