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Study of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Combined With Toripalimab Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Estrogen Receptor-Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative (ER+/HER2-) Breast Cancer (NeoHunter)

A Randomized, Open-Label, Blinded Endpoint Study of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Combined With Toripalimab Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Estrogen Receptor-Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative (ER+/HER2-) Breast Cancer (NeoHunter)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06964906
Acronym
NeoHunter
Enrollment
140
Registered
2025-05-11
Start date
2025-03-04
Completion date
2030-12-31
Last updated
2025-05-11

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Conditions

ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer

Keywords

Breast Neoplasms, High-intensity focused ultrasound, PD1, Toripalimab, nab-Paclitaxel, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) combined with toripalimab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy for ER+/HER2- breast cancer.

Detailed description

Study participants will be randomly allocated to either the experimental group or the control group and receive the following treatments. Experimental group: HIFU therapy followed by 8 cycles of neoadjuvant immunotherapy and chemotherapy; Control group: 8 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone. Each cycle lasts 21 days. Subsequently, all participants will undergo surgery within 6 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant therapy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREHIFU

HIFU therapy is administered to the targeted breast lesion site.

DRUGToripalimab

240 mg, IV infusion, Q3W

DRUGnab-Paclitaxel (nab-P)

125 mg/m2, IV infusion, QW

90 mg/m2, IV infusion, Q3W

600 mg/m2, IV infusion, Q3W

Sponsors

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Female patients aged 18-75 years. 2. Invasive breast cancer without distant metastasis, including either T1c-T2 (≥ 2 cm), cN1-cN2, or T3-T4, cN0-cN2. 3. Histopathologically confirmed ER-positive/HER2-negative, PR \< 20% or Ki67 ≥ 20%, Grade 3 breast cancer. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.

Exclusion criteria

1. Female patients during pregnancy or lactation. 2. Diagnosis of bilateral breast cancer, occult breast cancer, or distant metastasis confirmed by pathology. 3. Has an active autoimmune disease that has received systemic treatment in the last 2 years. 4. Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, or known active hepatitis C virus infection. 5. Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent. 6. Has a known history of invasive malignancy that required systemic treatment in the last 5 years. 7. Uncontrolled concomitant diseases include severe infection, liver disease, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, respiratory disease, diabetes, and others requiring systemic treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Total Pathological Complete Response (tpCR) Rate: ypT0/Tis, ypN0Up to approximately 30 weeksThe tpCR rate is defined as the proportion of participants with no residual invasive cancer cells in both the breast primary tumor site (residual in situ cancer cells are permitted) and all sampled axillary lymph nodes.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Breast Pathological Complete Response (bpCR) Rate: ypT0/TisUp to approximately 30 weeksThe bpCR rate is defined as the proportion of participants with no residual invasive cancer cells in the breast primary tumor site (residual in situ cancer cells are permitted).
Objective Response Rate (ORR)Up to approximately 30 weeksORR is defined as the proportion of participants with a complete or partial response.
Event-Free Survival (EFS)Approximately five yearsEFS is defined as the time from randomization to any of the following events: precludes surgery, local or distant recurrence, second primary malignancy, or death due to any cause.
Adverse Event (AE)Approximately three yearsAn AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a study participant administered a medicinal product, temporally associated with study intervention, without presumption of causality.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactYiding Chen
ydchen@zju.edu.cn+86 0571 87783759
Backup ContactShijie Wu
shijiewu@zju.edu.cn

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026