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Chemosensitivity during phases of the menstrual cycle in breast cancer patients

Chemosensitivity during phases of the menstrual cycle in breast cancer patients - Chemosense

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON56658
Enrollment
130
Registered
2023-11-17
Start date
2026-05-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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

Conditions

breast cancer triple negative breast cancer triple negative

Interventions

Collection of a serum sample (8,5mL) two weeks prior to start of NAC and one at first day of NAC prior to chemotherapy administration.

Sponsors

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Women with a new diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer who have not yet  started systemic treatment.  • Aged < 50 years • Women who have a (regular) physiological menstrual cycle • Patients who are assigned to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without  immunotherapy, targeted therapy  • Patients must be systemic treatment naïve for current malignancy (e.g. no  chemotherapy or targeted therapy) • Signed written informed consentRegistration cohort (NKI-AVL only)Hormonal contraceptive use less than 2 month before start NAC, or Use of LHRH analog for fertility preservation, or fertility preservation with oocyte/embryo cryopreservation preceding NAC

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - current use of hormonal contraception or in the 2 months prior to start of  neoadjuvant systemic treatment for breast cancer, either: • Oral contraception (OAC)  • Hormonal intra-uterine device (IUD, Mirena) • No ovarian function suppression to preserve fertility • Other forms of hormonal contraception, including but not limited to:  nuva-ring, Implanon, prikpil - currently pregnant and / or breast feeding. In case of recent use of hormonal  contraception or if patient has given birth in de last year: patients should have had at  least 2 menstrual cycles since stopping hormonal contraception.  - IVF-trajectory for egg cell preservation prior to start of neoadjuvant  systemic treatment - Patients with known PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome- patients with locoregional recurrence of breast cancer

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Primary endpoint of the study will be the rate of patients achieving a pathological complete response (pCR rate) after neo-adjuvant treatment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary endpoints include: radiological and pathological reduction in tumor size, residual cancer burden (RCB), recurrence-free interval (RFI), distant-recurrence free intervall (DRFI), changes in menstrual cycle and changes in tumor micro environment. 

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactS.M. Pruckl

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL)

chemosense@nki.nl0205129111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026