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Pembrolizumab In Older patients with triple-Negative breast cancer for Evaluating Response-guided treatment

A Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Safety of a Pembrolizumab Omission Strategy Based on Early Treatment Efficacy in Elderly Patients with Stage II Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Tumor Size 3 cm or Smaller - PIONEER trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCT1071240119
Enrollment
40
Registered
2025-02-28
Start date
2025-02-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

triple negaive breast cancer breast cancer, pembrolizumab

Interventions

Two cycles of dose dense EC are administered as preoperative chemotherapy, and tumor size is measured by MRI. If the tumor size has decreased by 40% or less, patients are treated with EC plus pembroli
pembrolizumab
pembrolizumab, de-escalation

Sponsors

Kuba Sayaka
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer by needle biopsy or tissue biopsy 2) Stage II patients with tumor diameter less than 3 cm 3) Patients with ER-negative, PgR-negative, HER2-negative breast cancer 4) Patients who can undergo mammography MRI 5) Patients who have not received prior breast cancer chemotherapy 6) Patients who are between 60 and 75 years of age at the time consent is obtained 7) Patients who have given written consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with multiple lesions 2) Patients with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer 3) Pregnant women and those who may be pregnant or nursing 4) Patients with contraindications to pembrolizumab treatment 5) Patients deemed inappropriate for inclusion in the study by the investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
pCR rate and incidence of adverse events including irAE in all patients (CTCAE ver. 5.0)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of responder group and no-pCR cases among all patients, 3-year recurrence-free survival (all patients, pCR group, no-pCR group), proportion of responder group, pathologic response (grade) in responder, re- search for cut-off value, and incidence of Grade 3 or higher adverse events, incidence of irAEs, completion rate of chemotherapy

Contacts

Public ContactSayaka Kuba

Nagasaki University Hospital

skuba@nagasaki-u.ac.jp+81-95-819-7316

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026