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Neoadjuvant Study of Two Platinum Regimens in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Randomized Open Label Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Carboplatin Plus Docetaxel or Carboplatin Plus Paclitaxel Followed by Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide in Stage I-III Triple-negative Breast Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02413320
Acronym
NeoSTOP
Enrollment
101
Registered
2015-04-09
Start date
2015-07-31
Completion date
2020-02-01
Last updated
2021-05-10

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Conditions

Triple-negative Breast Cancer

Keywords

TNBC, breast cancer, neoadjuvant, carboplatin, docetaxel, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide

Brief summary

Evaluate if the two carboplatin containing chemotherapy regimens will reduce the growth of breast cancer cells in women with Stage I, II, or III triple negative breast cancer.

Detailed description

Sporadic and germline BRCA mutation associated triple-negative breast cancer share several pathological and molecular similarities which have led to the exploration of DNA damaging agents like platinum compounds in patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Recent studies demonstrate that addition of neoadjuvant carboplatin to doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide/taxane-based chemotherapy improves pathological complete response in patients with stage I-III triple-negative breast cancer but also increase toxicity. A recent study reported encouraging pathological complete response rates with a non-anthracycline carboplatin plus docetaxel neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen in a cohort of 49 triple negative breast cancer patients. This chemotherapy regimen of carboplatin plus docetaxel yielded an overall pathological complete response rate of 65% in unselected triple-negative breast cancer with pathological complete response rates of 61% in sporadic and 77% in germline BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. The chemotherapy regimen of carboplatin/docetaxel is well tolerated and should be studied further and compared with regimens that add carboplatin to the standard anthracycline/taxane containing regimens. This is the basis for the proposed randomized neoadjuvant phase II study to further estimate and compare pathological complete response rates of carboplatin plus docetaxel x 6 cycles to carboplatin plus paclitaxel x 4 cycles followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide x 4 cycles in stage I-III triple negative-breast cancer.

Interventions

DRUGPaclitaxel
DRUGCarboplatin
DRUGDoxorubicin
DRUGCyclophosphamide
DRUGDocetaxel

Sponsors

Priyanka Sharma
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with newly diagnosed stage I (T\>1cm), II or III triple negative breast cancer who have not had definitive breast surgery or received systemic chemotherapy * The invasive tumor must be hormone receptor-poor, defined as both estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor staining present in ≤ 10% of invasive cancer cells by Immunohistochemistry. * HER- 2 negativity will be based on the current ASCO-CAP guidelines for HER testing * No prior chemotherapy, endocrine therapy or radiation therapy with therapeutic intent for this cancer * Female subjects age 18 - 70 years * ECOG Performance Status of 0-1 * Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below: * Leukocytes ≥ 3,000/uL * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500/uL * Platelets ≥ 100,000/uL * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5mg/dL * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SPGT) ≤ 2 x institutional upper limit of normal * Creatinine ≤ 1.5mg/dl and/or Creatinine Clearance ≥ 60mL/min * Serum albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL * Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception * Pretreatment lab values must be performed within 14 days of treatment initiation, and other baseline studies performed within 30 days prior to registration * Subjects should have LVEF ≥ 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA scan performed within 4 weeks prior to treatment initiation * Subjects should have breast and axillary imaging with breast MRI or breast and axillary ultrasound within 4 weeks prior to treatment initiation * Subjects with clinically/radiologically abnormal axillary lymph nodes should have pathological confirmation of disease with image guided biopsy/fine needle aspiration. * Subjects must be already enrolled in P.R.O.G.E.C.T observational registry * Staging to rule out metastatic disease is recommended for subjects with clinical stage III disease * Subjects with bilateral disease are eligible if they meet other eligibility criteria. * Neuropathy: No baseline neuropathy grade \> 2

Exclusion criteria

* Current or anticipated use of other investigational agents * Subject has received chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery for the treatment of breast cancer * Subject with metastatic disease * History of allergic reactions to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to carboplatin, docetaxel, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel, or other agents used in the study * Subjects with inflammatory breast cancer * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements * Subject is pregnant or nursing * Subjects with concomitant or previous malignancies within the last 5 years. Exceptions include: adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). * Ejection Fraction \<50% on ECHO or MUGA * Cardiac function: Subjects with congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, an arterial thrombotic event, stroke or transient ischemia attack within the past 12 months, uncontrolled hypertension (Systolic BP\>160 or Diastolic BP\>90), uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmia, or grade ≥ 2 peripheral vascular disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Pathological Complete Response20 weeksTo evaluate the pathological complete response rates with neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens of carboplatin plus paclitaxel x 4 cycles followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide X 4 cycles and carboplatin plus docetaxel X 6 cycles in subjects with stage I-III triple-negative breast cancer. Pathological complete response is defined as no evidence of disease in the breast and axilla at the time of pathology review except for DCIS.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Minimal Residual Disease20 weeksTo evaluate minimal residual disease rates (residual cancer burden 0+1) with two neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens in subjects with stage I-III triple-negative breast cancer.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Carboplatin + Paclitaxel Then Doxorubicin + Cyclophosphamide
Paclitaxel (80mg/m2) given IV every week x12 weeks and Carboplatin (AUC 6) given IV every 21 days x 4 cycles, followed by Doxorubicin (60mg/m2) given IV and Cyclophosphamide (600mg/m2) given IV every 14 days X 4 cycles
48
Carboplatin + Docetaxel
Carboplatin (AUC 6) given IV and Docetaxel (75mg/m2) given IV every 21 days x 6 cycles
52
Total100

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicCarboplatin + DocetaxelCarboplatin + Paclitaxel Then Doxorubicin + CyclophosphamideTotal
Age, Continuous54 years51 years51 years
Lymph node status
Negative
36 Participants34 Participants70 Participants
Lymph node status
Positive
16 Participants14 Participants30 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
1 Participants2 Participants3 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black or African American
10 Participants9 Participants19 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Hispanic
1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Non-Hispanic
51 Participants47 Participants98 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Other
5 Participants2 Participants7 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White
36 Participants35 Participants71 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
52 participants48 participants100 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
52 Participants48 Participants100 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
T stage
T1
8 Participants11 Participants19 Participants
T stage
T2
39 Participants31 Participants70 Participants
T stage
T3-4
5 Participants6 Participants11 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 480 / 52
other
Total, other adverse events
41 / 4813 / 52
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 480 / 52

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants With Pathological Complete Response

To evaluate the pathological complete response rates with neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens of carboplatin plus paclitaxel x 4 cycles followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide X 4 cycles and carboplatin plus docetaxel X 6 cycles in subjects with stage I-III triple-negative breast cancer. Pathological complete response is defined as no evidence of disease in the breast and axilla at the time of pathology review except for DCIS.

Time frame: 20 weeks

Population: Intention-to-treat

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Carboplatin + Paclitaxel Then Doxorubicin + CyclophosphamideNumber of Participants With Pathological Complete Response26 Participants
Carboplatin + DocetaxelNumber of Participants With Pathological Complete Response28 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Minimal Residual Disease

To evaluate minimal residual disease rates (residual cancer burden 0+1) with two neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens in subjects with stage I-III triple-negative breast cancer.

Time frame: 20 weeks

Population: Patients with residual cancer burden index available

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Carboplatin + Paclitaxel Then Doxorubicin + CyclophosphamideNumber of Participants With Minimal Residual Disease31 Participants
Carboplatin + DocetaxelNumber of Participants With Minimal Residual Disease35 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 21, 2026