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WinQ : a Window of Opportunity Study With MitoQ in Breast Cancer

WinQ : a Window of Opportunity Study With MitoQ in Breast Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07142096
Acronym
WinQ
Enrollment
20
Registered
2025-08-26
Start date
2025-07-20
Completion date
2026-07-20
Last updated
2025-08-26

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

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to validate biomarkers in blood and tumor biopsy in patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, after a course of MitoQ treatment

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTMitoQ (mitoquinol mesylate)

Dietary supplement course before surgery or chemo/radio-therapy

Sponsors

Université Catholique de Louvain
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must meet the following criteria for study entry: * Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) * Ability to comply with protocol, in the investigator's judgment * Women aged \> 18 years (no limit of age) * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 * Histologically documented TNBC (negative ER, - PR and HER2, status); HER2 negativity will be defined using ISH or IHC assays per ASCO/CAP criteria \[1\] and ER/PR negativity will be defined with \< 10% tumor cells with ER/PgR staining using IHC. Patients with multifocal, multicentric or bilateral tumors are eligible, provided all discrete lesions are sampled and confirmed as triple- negative. * Histologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma * Patient agreement to undergo appropriate systemic and surgical management after completion of window treatment * Adequate hematologic and end-organ function, as defined by the following laboratory results obtained within 14 days prior to the first study treatment: * ANC \> 1500 cells/µL (without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support within * 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1, Day 1) * Platelet count \> 100,000/µL (without transfusion within 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1, Day 1) * Hemoglobin \> 9.0 g/dL * Patients may be transfused to meet this criterion. * AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase * \< 2.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) * Serum bilirubin \< 1.0 x ULN * Patients with known Gilbert disease: serum bilirubin level \< 3 x ULN * For patients not receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: INR or aPTT \< 1.5 x ULN within 14 days prior to initiation of study treatment * For patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: INR or aPTT within therapeutic limits for at least 1 week immediately prior to initiation of study treatment * For patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: stable anticoagulant regimen and stable INR during the 14 days immediately preceding initiation of study treatment * Creatinine clearance \> 30 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula) * Serum albumin \> 2.5 g/dL * Beta-HCG negative if applicable (cfr infra) * Representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor specimen in a paraffin block (preferred) or at least 20 unstained slides, with an associated pathology report documenting ER, PR, and HER2 negativity. Tumor tissue should be of good quality based on total and viable tumor content. * For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of \< 1% per year, during the treatment period and for at least 1 month after the last dose of MitoQ. * A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential if she is postmenarchal, has not reached a postmenopausal state (\> 12 continuous months of amenorrhea with no identified cause other than menopause) and has not undergone surgical sterilization (removal of ovaries and/or uterus). * Examples of contraceptive methods with a failure rate of \< 1% per year include bilateral tubal ligation, male sterilization, established, hormone-releasing intrauterine devices (IUDs), and copper IUDs. * The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or postovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception. * Women who are not postmenopausal (\> 12 months of non-therapy-induced amenorrhea) or have undergone a sterilization procedure must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 14 days prior to initiation of study food supplement.

Exclusion criteria

* Men * Prior systemic therapy for treatment and prevention of the current breast cancer * Known allergy or hypersensitivity to MitoQ * Known active viral hepatitis * Known human immunodeficiency virus infection with detectable viral load * Active tuberculosis * Severe infections within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, including but not limited to hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia * Any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of a food supplement or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the patient at high risk from treatment complications * Pregnant or lactating, or intending to become pregnant during the study Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 14 days prior to initiation of study treatment. Patients included in the study should not be under fertility preservation procedures because of the unknown effect of the treatment during human pregnancy.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Biomarkers expressionThroughout the entire study, approximately during 12 monthsTo assess the expression of biomarkers in fresh blood and tumor tissue, after a course of MitoQ, with RNAseq and RT-qPCR techniques
Lymphocyte tumor infiltrationThroughout the entire study, approximately during 12 monthsTo asses lymphocytes infiltration by immunohistochemistry
Oxidative stressThroughout the entire study, approximately during 12 monthsTo asses the expression of biomarkers linked to oxidative stress in plasma

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Primary ContactPierre Sonveaux, PhD
pierre.sonveaux@uclouvain.be0032 764 52 67

Outcome results

None listed

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