Stanford APBI Trial

Clinical Trial

Overview

Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) is one of three approaches used for accelerated, partial breast irradiation at Stanford.

Accelerated, partial breast irradiation (APBI) is a potentially important new way to incorporate radiotherapy in the treatment of women with breast cancer.

Currently, women with breast cancer who undergo a lumpectomy  typically have 6 1/2 weeks of radiation to the entire affected breast after surgery.  Accelerated, partial breast irradiation (APBI) changes this approach in two ways. It shortens the treatment time from 6 1/2 weeks to between 1 to 5 days, and reduces the treatment area from the entire breast to the area of the breast immediately around the lumpectomy site. This is the part of the breast where most cancers are likely to recur.

In many ways APBI is to current whole breast radiotherapy what a lumpectomy is to a mastectomy. The goal is to use a less invasive more focused treatment without compromising survival.

APBI has been used in limited trials in several hundred patients over the last 10 years. These trials show that in properly selected breast cancer patients APBI  worked just as well as whole breast radiotherapy. In the initial studies, investigators relied on the placement of many catheters in the breast tissue (interstial brachytherapy). Newer techniques will hopefully provide the same good results but will deliver the radiation in faster and/or more convenient ways. This could increase interest in APBI and allow additional clinical trials that test the safety and effectiveness of the newer approaches. These newer approaches could increase quality of life for many women with breast cancer.

Investigators at Stanford University Medical Center are currently offering an IRB approved clinical trial that uses three new approaches for APBI. These three approaches are:

    Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) - 1 day

    Intracavitary Brachytherapy (MammoSite) - 5 days

    3-D Conformal/External Beam Radiotherapy - 5 days

The Stanford trial is led by Dr. Frederick Dirbas, Assistant Professor of Surgery, and by Dr. Donald Goffinet, Professor of Radiation Oncology. For further information about the trial please contact Janelle Maxwell or Triona Dolphin at (650) 498-7740.

Safety & Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System-Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis With Significant Comorbidities in Extreme Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Medtronic CoreValve® System for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis in subjects with significant comorbidities in whom the risk of surgical aortic valve replacement has a predicted operative mortality or serious, irreversible morbidity risk of ≥50% at 30 days.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • device: Medtronic CoreValve® System Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Subject must have co-morbidities such that one cardiologist and two cardiac surgeons
   agree that medical factors preclude operation, based on a conclusion that the
   probability of death or serious morbidity exceeds the probability of meaningful
   improvement. Specifically, the predicted operative risk of death or serious,
   irreversible morbidity is ≥ 50% at 30 days.

   - Subjects must meet all of the criteria under at least one of the sub-groups 2a-c:

   a. Senile degenerative aortic valve stenosis and i. At least one of the following
   co-morbid conditions:

      1. Severe (≥3-4+) mitral valve regurgitation as measured by echocardiography

      2. Severe (≥3-4+) tricuspid valve regurgitation as measured by echocardiography

      3. End-stage renal disease requiring renal replacement therapy (Stage 5 of the KDOQI
      CKD Classification) or creatinine clearance <20cc/min but not requiring renal
      replacement therapy

      AND

      ii. mean gradient > 40 mmHg or jet velocity greater than 4.0 m/sec by either
      resting or dobutamine stress echocardiogram (if the LVEF < 50%), or simultaneous
      pressure recordings at cardiac catheterization either resting or with dobutamine
      stress (if the LVEF < 50%) AND iii. an initial aortic valve area of ≤ 0.8 cm2 (or
      aortic valve area index ≤0.5 cm2/m2) by resting echocardiogram or simultaneous
      pressure recordings at cardiac catheterization

      AND/OR

      b. Low gradient, low output aortic stenosis as defined by the presence of all
      three of the following i. In the presence of LVEF <50%, absence of contractile
      reserve, a mean gradient ≥25mmHg and <40mmHg AND jet velocity less than 4.0m/sec
      with dobutamine stress echocardiography or simultaneous pressure recordings at
      cardiac catheterization OR In the presence of LVEF ≥50%, a mean gradient ≥25mmHg
      and <40mmHg AND jet velocity less than 4.0 m/sec, by echocardiography or
      simultaneous pressure recordings at cardiac catheterization AND ii. an initial
      aortic valve area of ≤0.8 cm2 (or aortic valve area index ≤0.5 cm2/m2) by resting
      echocardiogram or simultaneous pressure recordings at cardiac catheterization AND
      iii. radiographic evidence of severe aortic valve calcification AND/OR c. Failed
      bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve

   - Subject is symptomatic from his/her aortic valve stenosis, as demonstrated by New York
   Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class II or greater.

   - The subject or the subject's legal representative has been informed of the nature of
   the study, agrees to its provisions and has provided written informed consent as
   approved by the IRB of the respective clinical site.

   - The subject and the treating physician agree that the subject will return for all
   required post-procedure follow-up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

Clinical

   - Evidence of an acute myocardial infarction ≤30 days before the MCS TAVI procedure.

   - Any percutaneous coronary or peripheral interventional procedure performed within 30
   days prior to the MCS TAVI procedure

   - Blood dyscrasias as defined: leukopenia (WBC <1000mm3), thrombocytopenia (platelet
   count <50,000 cells/mm3), history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.

   - Untreated clinically significant coronary artery disease requiring revascularization.

   - Cardiogenic shock manifested by low cardiac output, vasopressor dependence, or
   mechanical hemodynamic support.

   - Need for emergency surgery for any reason.

   - Severe ventricular dysfunction with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <20% as
   measured by resting echocardiogram.

   - Recent (within 6 months) cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack
   (TIA).

   - Active Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that would preclude anticoagulation.

   - A known hypersensitivity or contraindication to all anticoagulation/antiplatelet
   regimens (including ability to be anticoagulated for the index procedure), nitinol, or
   [allergic] sensitivity to contrast media which cannot be adequately pre-medicated.

   - Ongoing sepsis, including active endocarditis.

   - Subject refuses a blood transfusion.

   - Life expectancy <12 months due to associated non-cardiac co-morbid conditions.

   - Other medical, social, or psychological conditions that in the opinion of an
   Investigator precludes the subject from appropriate consent.

   - Severe dementia (resulting in either inability to provide informed consent for the
   study/procedure, prevents independent lifestyle outside of a chronic care facility, or
   will fundamentally complicate rehabilitation from the procedure or compliance with
   follow-up visits).

   - Currently participating in an investigational drug or another device study.

   - Symptomatic carotid or vertebral artery disease.

Anatomical

Subject has a:

   - Native aortic annulus size <18 mm or >29 mm per the baseline diagnostic imaging (not
   applicable for TAV in SAV subjects) OR

   - Surgical bioprosthetic annulus <17mm or >29mm i. Stented SAV per the manufactured
   labeled inner diameter OR ii. Stentless SAV per the baseline diagnostic imaging

   - Subject has a pre-existing prosthetic heart valve with a rigid support structure in
   either the mitral or pulmonic position:

      1. that could affect the implantation or function of the study valve OR

      2. the implantation of the study valve could affect the function of the pre-existing
      prosthetic heart valve

   - Moderate to severe mitral stenosis.

   - Mixed aortic valve disease: aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation with predominant
   aortic regurgitation, (AR is moderate-severe to severe (≥3-4+))(except for failed
   surgical bioprothesis)

   - Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

   - Echocardiographic evidence of new or untreated intracardiac mass, thrombus or
   vegetation.

   - Severe basal septal hypertrophy with an outflow gradient.

   - Aortic root angulation (angle between plane of aortic valve annulus and horizontal
   plane/vertebrae) >70° (for femoral and left subclavian/axillary access) and >30° (for
   right subclavian/axillary access).

   - Ascending aorta that exceeds the maximum diameter for any given native or surgical
   bioprosthetic* aortic annulus size (see table below) Aortic Annulus Diameter/
   Ascending Aorta Diameter, 18 mm* - 20 mm/ >34 mm, 20 mm - 23 mm/ >40 mm, 23 mm - 27
   mm/ >43 mm, 27 mm - 29 mm/ >43 mm,

   * 17mm for surgical bioprosthetic aortic annulus

   - Congenital bicuspid or unicuspid valve verified by echocardiography (Not applicable
   for TAV in SAV subjects).

   - Sinus of valsalva anatomy that would prevent adequate coronary perfusion.

   - Degenerated surgical bioprothesis presents with a significant concomitant perivalvular
   leak (between prothesis and native annulus), is not securely fixed in the native
   annulus, or is not structurally intact (e.g. wireform frame fracture) (ONLY FOR TAV in
   SAV subjects)

   - Degenerated surgical bioprothesis presents with a partially detached leaflet that in
   the aortic position may obstruct a coronary ostium (ONLY FOR TAV in SAV subjects)

Vascular

   - Transarterial access not able to accommodate an 18Fr sheath.

Ages Eligible for Study

N/A - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Not Recruiting

What's New

Stanford’s APBI trial has now been expanded to include women with  ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Please call 650-498-7740 for more information.