Prospective, Multicenter Confirmatory Clinical Evaluation of Novilase® Interstitial Laser Therapy for the Focal Destruction of Malignant Breast Tumors ≤15 mm (BR-003)
Summary
Prior to this confirmatory pivotal study, the multicenter Br-002 feasibility study was completed. 98% of tumors less than or equal to 15mm were completely ablated in one procedure.This study will evaluate Novilase for the focal destruction of malignant tumors of the breast that are less than or equal to 15 mm against a performance goal for the standard of care, lumpectomy. The ASBrS' goal of less than 20% retreatment by 2020 was selected as a representative performance goal, i.e., 80.0%, and is consistent with published effectiveness rates for lumpectomy.
Detailed description
Subjects with biopsy-diagnosed malignant breast tumors less than or equal to 15 mm will be invited to participate. Subjects will receive a screening MRI and if eligible will then have laser ablation, followed by MRI and an excision at 4-6 weeks following the laser procedure. This study will be deemed successful if the lower limit of a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of patients who have complete tumor ablation with one Novilase laser ablation procedure at 4-6 weeks post-procedure is greater than the performance goal. Specifically, Novilase will have demonstrated success if the complete tumor ablation rate is greater than 87.85%.
Arms & interventions
- DeviceNovilase Laser ablation
Image-guided, percutaneous laser ablation of breast tumors
Outcome measures
Primary
Percentage of target tumors completely ablated in one procedure
Efficacy: Rate of complete ablation by Novilase laser ablation
Time frame: 4-6 weeks
Frequency of adverse events (categorized using the NCI Common Terminology for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0 guidelines) post-laser ablation and post-surgery
Safety: frequency of AEs
Time frame: 4-6 weeks
Secondary
Patient reported rate of return to activities of daily living post-laser ablation and post-surgery
Time frame: 4-6 weeks
Physician reported cosmetic satisfaction, utilizing the 4-point scoring system of breast cosmesis in protocol (e.g., excellent, good, fair, poor) post-laser ablation and post-surgery (4-6 weeks)
Time frame: 4-6 weeks
Health related quality of life outcome measures at three timepoints via EORTC QLQ-C30 & QLQ-BR23 questionnaire (baseline and 4-6 weeks post-laser ablation and post-surgery)
Time frame: 4-6 weeks
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (7)
City of Hope
Duarte, California, 91010
UC San Diego Health
La Jolla, California, 92037
Eisenhower Health
Rancho Mirage, California, 92270
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06511
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20889
Summit Health
Florham Park, New Jersey, 07932
Buffalo General Medical Center
Buffalo, New York, 14203