Brain radiation for breast cancer: prevention study halted early
NCT ID NCT01613482
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looked at whether giving radiation to the brain could prevent cancer from spreading there in people with HER2-positive breast cancer that had already spread to other organs. Participants were receiving trastuzumab (Herceptin) plus chemotherapy. The study was stopped early because not enough people enrolled, so we don't have clear answers.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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13 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2008
- Finished
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Jan 2012
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with breast cancer, expressing HER2-NEU (score +++ in ICH or ++ and amplification on FISH or CISH, SISH) * Visceral metastasis, only or multiple * First line metastasis treatment by Trastuzumab in association with chemotherapy * Good general conditions: OMS=\<2 or Karnofsky \>=70% * Age \> 18 years and \< 70 years * Life expectancy \>=3 mois * No Trastuzumab since more of 6 months * No cerebral metastasis (MRI) * Efficacy contraception for women with genital capacities * Consent signed by the patient Exclusion Criteria * Contraindication to IRM * Psychiatric decease * Prior cerebral radiotherapy, * Geographical constraint, compromising the fallow of patients * Infectious or other serious pathology, likely to stop the treatment * Positive serology (HIV, hBC, hBS) * Inclusion in an other clinical trial or in the 4 weeks before th inclusion * Pregnant or breastfeeding women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Dupuytren
Limoges, 87042, France
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Centre Alexis Vautrin
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
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Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Nice, 06189, France
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Centre Azuréen de Cancérologie
Mougins, 06250, France
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Centre Bourgogne
Lille, 59000, France
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Centre Catalan d'Oncologie
Perpignan, 66000, France
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Centre Catherine de Sienne
Nantes, 44202, France
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Centre Etienne DOLET
Saint-Nazaire, 44600, France
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Centre G-François Baclesse
Caen, 14076, France
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Centre Hospitalier
Boulogne-sur-Mer, 62200, France
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Centre Hospitalier LYON SUD
Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Mulhouse
Mulhouse, 68100, France
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Centre Léonard de Vinci
Dechy, 59187, France
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Centre Maurice Tubiana
Caen, 14052, France
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Centre Médical de Forcilles
Forcilles-attilly, 77150, France
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Centre Oscar LAMBRET
Lille, 59020, France
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Centre Paul Papin
Angers, 49933, France
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Centre René Huguenin
Saint-Cloud, 92210, France
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Centre de Cancérologie Paris Nord
Sarcelles, 95200, France
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Centre médical Oncogard
Nîmes, 30907, France
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Clinique Clinique Clementville
Montpellier, 34000, France
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Clinique Hartmann
Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92200, France
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Clinique des Ormeaux- Vauban
Le Havre, 76600, France
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Hôpital Tenon
Paris, 75020, France
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Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94805, France
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Oncorad Garonne
Toulouse, 31400, France
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