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Investigating the Metabolic Pathways in Hormone Receptor Positive/HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

Pilot Study to Investigate the Metabolic Pathways in Hormone Receptor Positive/HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05736367
Enrollment
16
Registered
2023-02-21
Start date
2024-11-15
Completion date
2028-06-30
Last updated
2026-01-21

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

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Hormone Receptor Positive, Metabolic activity, Breast Cancer Surgery, 13C isotope glucose, Metabolomics

Brief summary

To analyze the metabolic activity of Hormone Receptor Positive (HR+)/Her 2 Negative (Her2-) Breast cancer.

Detailed description

Participants will be asked to receive a glucose infusion (U-13C- glucose intravenous) during routine breast cancer surgery at which time, tumor biopsy samples and blood samples will be collected to be used in research experiments to help provide insight into the metabolic activity of the tumor. The length of time on study for each patient will be three - four weeks including two to three hours for glucose infusion and breast cancer biopsy.

Interventions

DRUGU-13C-glucose

Discover new insights into the glucose, TCA cycle, amino acid, and lipid metabolic dependencies of HR+/Her2- breast cancer, via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy analysis of in vivo U-13C-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue

Sponsors

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lead SponsorOTHER
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
CollaboratorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Have hormone receptor (HR) positive \[estrogen receptor( ER)+/progesterone receptor (PR)+, ER+/PR- or ER-/PR+)/Her2 negative breast cancer previously diagnosed by biopsy. * Have early stage, clinical or anatomic stage I, II or III breast cancer (cT1cN0, cT1cN1, cT2N0, cT2N1, cT3N0) * Candidates for intended curative primary resection who have not had neoadjuvant therapy (endocrine/hormonal therapy, chemotherapy with or without immunotherapy). * Willing to undergo mandatory intraoperative small excisional and core biopsies (4-6 passes) of tumor and normal tissue for research purposes at the time of proposed surgical resection.

Exclusion criteria

* Is currently enrolled, or will enroll in, a different clinical study in which investigational therapeutic procedures are performed or investigational therapies are administered while participating in this study. * Has triple negative (ER-/PR-/Her2-) or HER2+ breast cancer. * Concomitant active malignancy * Is of child-bearing potential who has not had a recent negative pregnancy test done outside of this clinical trial (i.e., as part of standard preparation for diagnosis and treatment for her cancer)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Measure glycolysis metabolism dependencies of hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer using Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)Baseline to four weeksTo analyze and describe the metabolism of these tumors in vivo uniformly-labeled (U-13C)-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue. The participants will receive glucose infusion and their tumor specimens analyzed. Blood collection will allow for in depth evaluation of glycolysis metabolism. Compounds can range from low molecular mass analytes with m/z values \< 1000 Da, to very high molecular mass proteins with m/z values \> 100,000 Da U-13C-Glucose (study drug)
Measure glycolysis metabolism dependencies of hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in parts per million (ppm).Baseline to four weeksTo analyze and describe the metabolism of these tumors in vivo uniformly-labeled (U-13C)-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue. The participants will receive glucose infusion and their tumor specimens analyzed. Blood collection will allow for in depth evaluation of glycolysis metabolism. U-13C-Glucose (study drug)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Measure lipid metabolic dependencies of hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer using Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)Baseline to four weeksTo analyze and describe the metabolism of these tumors in vivo uniformly-labeled (U-13C)-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue. The participants will receive glucose infusion and their tumor specimens analyzed. Blood collection will allow for in depth evaluation of lipid metabolism.
Measure lipid metabolic dependencies of hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in parts per million (ppm)Baseline to four weeksTo analyze and describe the metabolism of these tumors in vivo uniformly-labeled (U-13C)-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue. The participants will receive glucose infusion and their tumor specimens analyzed. Blood collection will allow for in depth evaluation of lipid metabolism.
Measure amino acid metabolic dependencies of hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer using Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).Baseline to four weeksTo analyze and describe the metabolism of these tumors in vivo uniformly-labeled (U-13C)-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue. The participants will receive glucose infusion and their tumor specimens analyzed. Blood collection will allow for in depth evaluation of amino acid metabolism. Compounds can range from low molecular mass analytes with m/z values \< 1000 Da, to very high molecular mass proteins with m/z values \> 100,000 Da
Measure amino acid metabolic dependencies of hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in parts per million (ppm)Baseline to four weeksTo analyze and describe the metabolism of these tumors in vivo uniformly-labeled (U-13C)-glucose-labeled biopsy of tumor and benign adjacent tissue. The participants will receive glucose infusion and their tumor specimens analyzed. Blood collection will allow for in depth evaluation of amino acid metabolism.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTCoral Omene, MD, PhD
co273@cinj.rutgers.edu732-235-3374
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORCoral Omene, MD, PhD

Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026