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Main ID:  NCT02240472
Date of registration: 11/09/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
Public title: Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: Omission of Axillary Clearance After Macrometastases. A Randomized Trial.
Scientific title: Survival and Axillary Recurrence Following Sentinel Node-positive Breast Cancer Without Completion Axillary Lymph Node Dissection - a Randomized Study of Patients With Macrometastases in the Sentinel Node
Date of first enrolment: January 27, 2015
Target sample size: 2700
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02240472
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark Greece Sweden
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Name:     Dan Lundstedt, PhD
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Affiliation:  Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Name:     Yvette Andersson, PhD
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital Västerås
Name:     Thorsten Kühn, Professor
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Affiliation:  Klinikum Esslingen
Name:     Oreste Gentilini
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Affiliation:  San Raffaele Hospital, Milano
Name:     Michalis Kontos, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Athens
Name:     Tove Tvedskov Filtenborg, MD
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Affiliation:  Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Dnmark
Name:     Olofsson Roger, PhD
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Affiliation:  Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Name:     Leif Bergkvist, Professor
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital Västerås
Name:     Toralf Reimer, Professor
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Affiliation:  Universität Rostock
Name:     Jana de Boniface, PhD
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Affiliation:  Karolinska Institutet
Name:     Lisa Ryden, Professor
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Affiliation:  Lund University
Name:     Malin Sund, Professor
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Affiliation:  Umeå University Hospital
Name:     Roland Reitsamer
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Affiliation:  Universitätsklinikum Salzburg
Name:     Birgitte Offersen, Professor
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Affiliation:  University of Aarhus
Name:     Peer Christiansen, Professor
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Affiliation:  Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Name:     Jan Frisell, Professor
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Affiliation:  Karolinska University Hospital
Name:     Johan Ahlgren, PhD
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Affiliation:  Region Örebro County
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with invasive breast cancer (T1-T3)

- N0 on palpation

- Preoperative ultrasound performed

- Pathology report shows macrometastasis in 1-2 sentinel lymph nodes

- Patients undergo breast-conserving therapy or mastectomy

- The patient must have provided oral and written consent

- Age = 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Metastases outside of the ipsilateral axilla

- Prior history of invasive breast cancer

- Pregnancy

- Bilateral breast cancer if one side meets exclusion criteria

- Medical contraindication for radiotherapy or systemic treatment

- Inability to absorb or understand the meaning of the study information; for example,
through disability, inadequate language skills or dementia.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Omission of axillary clearance
Primary Outcome(s)
breast cancer-specific survival [Time Frame: up to 15 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
axillary recurrence rate [Time Frame: 5, 10 and 15 years]
disease-free survival [Time Frame: 5, 10 and 15 years]
overall survival [Time Frame: 5, 10 and 15 years]
Secondary ID(s)
SENOMAC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Swedish Cancer Foundation
Nordic Cancer Union
The Swedish Research Council
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