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.

A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Mitapivat in Participants With Non-Transfusion-Dependent Alpha- or Beta-Thalassemia (α- or β-NTDT)

The primary purpose of this study is to compare the effect of mitapivat versus placebo on anemia in participants with alpha- or beta-non-transfusion dependent thalassemia (NTDT).

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • drug: Placebo Matching Mitapivat
  • drug: Mitapivat

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Documented diagnosis of thalassemia (β-thalassemia with or without α-globin gene
   mutations, hemoglobin E (HbE)/β-thalassemia, or α-thalassemia/hemoglobin H [HbH]
   disease) based on Hb electrophoresis, Hb high-performance liquid chromatography
   (HPLC)), and/or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis;

   - Hb concentration ≤10.0 grams per deciliter (g/dL) (100.0 grams per liter [g/L]), based
   on an average of at least 2 Hb concentration measurements (separated by ≥7 days)
   collected during the Screening Period;

   - Non-transfusion-dependent, defined as ≤5 red blood cell (RBC) units during the 24-week
   period before randomization; and no RBC transfusions ≤8 weeks before providing
   informed consent and no RBC transfusions during the Screening Period;

   - If taking hydroxyurea, the hydroxyurea dose must be stable for ≥16 weeks before
   randomization;

   - Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must be abstinent of sexual activities that
   may result in pregnancy as part of their usual lifestyle or agree to use 2 forms of
   contraception, one of which must be considered highly effective, from the time of
   providing informed consent, throughout the study, and for 28 days after the last dose
   of study drug. The second form of contraception can be an acceptable barrier method;

   - Written informed consent before any study-related procedures are conducted and willing
   to comply with all study procedures for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Pregnant, breastfeeding, or parturient

   - Documented history of homozygous or heterozygous sickle hemoglobin (HbS) or hemoglobin
   C (HbC);

   - Prior exposure to gene therapy or prior bone marrow or stem cell transplantation;

   - Currently receiving treatment with luspatercept; the last dose must have been
   administered ≥18 weeks before randomization;

   - Currently receiving treatment with hematopoietic stimulating agents; the last dose
   must have been administered ≥18 weeks before randomization;

   - History of malignancy, (active or treated) ≤5 years before providing informed consent;

   - History of active and/or uncontrolled cardiac or pulmonary disease ≤6 months before
   providing informed consent, except for nonmelanomatous skin cancer in situ, cervical
   carcinoma in situ, or breast carcinoma in situ;

   - Hepatobiliary disorders;

   - Estimated glomerular filtration rate <45 milliliters per minute (mL/min)/1.73 m^2 by
   Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration creatinine equation;

   - Nonfasting triglycerides >440 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) (5 millimoles per liter
   [mmol/L]);

   - Active infection requiring systemic antimicrobial therapy at the time of providing
   informed consent;

   - Positive test for hepatitis C virus antibody (HCVAb) with evidence of active HCV
   infection, or positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg);

   - Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 antibody (Ab) or HIV-2 Ab;

   - History of major surgery (including splenectomy) ≤16 weeks before providing informed
   consent and/or a major surgical procedure planned during the study;

   - Current enrollment or past participation (≤12 weeks before administration of the first
   dose of study drug or a timeframe equivalent to 5 half-lives of the investigational
   study drug, whichever is longer) in any other clinical study involving an
   investigational treatment or device;

   - Receiving strong CYP3A4/5 inhibitors that have not been stopped for ≥5 days or a
   timeframe equivalent to 5 half-lives (whichever is longer); or strong CYP3A4 inducers
   that have not been stopped for ≥4 weeks or a timeframe equivalent to 5 half-lives
   (whichever is longer), before randomization;

   - Receiving anabolic steroids that have not been stopped for at least 4 weeks before
   randomization. Testosterone replacement therapy to treat hypogonadism is allowed. The
   testosterone dose and preparation must be stable for ≥10 weeks before randomization;

   - Known allergy to mitapivat or its excipients (microcrystalline cellulose,
   croscarmellose sodium, sodium stearyl fumarate, mannitol, and magnesium stearate,
   Opadry® II Blue [hypromellose, titanium dioxide, lactose monohydrate, triacetin, and
   FD&C Blue #2]);

   - Any medical, hematological, psychological, or behavioral condition(s) or prior or
   current therapy that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may confer an unacceptable
   risk to participating in the study and/or could confound the interpretation of the
   study data Also excluded are:

      - Participants who are institutionalized by regulatory or court order

      - Participants with any condition(s) that could create undue influence (including
      but not limited to incarceration, involuntary psychiatric confinement, and
      financial or familial affiliation with the Investigator or Sponsor)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - 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.