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Stage II Breast CancerPhase 2NCT01959490

Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab or Bevacizumab With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II-III Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing trastuzumab, Pertuzumab and docetaxel in people with Stage II Breast Cancer and Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This phase II trial studies how well trastuzumab and pertuzumab or bevacizumab with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with stage II-III breast cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
What is being tested?
trastuzumab, Pertuzumab and docetaxel
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
16 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
24 Sep 2013to 29 Mar 2017
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast, with sufficient tissue available for estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER 2 testing
  • HER2 must be positive by IHC or ISH testing by laboratory standard.
  • Needle biopsy or incisional biopsy
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-1
  • Resectable disease-clinical stage I (T/0/N0miT1N0-N0mi), IIA-IIIA (T2 N0/T3N0 or T1-3 N1-N2a) or unresectable disease - clinical stage IIIB/IIIC (T4 or T1-3 N2b-3); no evidence of metastatic disease
  • No prior chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or radiation therapy for this cancer
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  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1000/ul
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/ul
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dl
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dl or measured creatinine clearance of > 30 ml/min
  • Total bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN
  • Patients with multiple foci of invasive cancer in the same breast are eligible if any single lesion meets the above size criteria and all sampled lesions are histologically similar (whether radiographically detected lesions separate from the target lesion are sampled for histologic evaluation is left to the discretion of the treating physicians); the presence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) in either breast will not render a patient ineligible; patients with a small focus of invasive cancer detected the contralateral breast (clinical T1N0) are eligible, however only the histologic response in the breast containing the target lesions will be considered in determining the patient's pathologic response
  • Measurable disease in the breast or axilla that measures at least 1 cm by either clinical or radiographic measurement

Who cannot join

  • Excisional biopsy
  • Pregnant and lactating women are not eligible; all participants of reproductive age must have a negative serum pregnancy test at baseline and agree to use an effective barrier method of contraception during the entire period of treatment on the study
  • Patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade 2 or higher congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within the last 6 months, unstable angina pectoris, or arterial thrombotic event with the past 12 months, uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure > 150 and/or diastolic blood pressure > 100 on antihypertensive medications; patients not on medication for high blood pressure who are found to have systolic blood pressure [SBP] > 150 and/or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] > 100 should have 3 documented episodes of elevated blood pressure before being considered 'uncontrolled', if they have 3 documented episodes of elevated blood pressure, then can be started on antihypertensive medications; patients currently on antihypertensive medications with elevated blood pressures as defined above may have their medications adjusted; if patients have persistent [3 episodes] of high blood pressure despite medication adjustment they will be considered ineligible for study participation; each measured episode should be 24 hours apart), prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy, uncontrolled or clinically significant arrhythmia, grade II or greater peripheral vascular disease or prior history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA); patient must have a pretreatment multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) scan or echocardiogram with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) above lower limit of normal
  • No non-breast malignancy within the past 5 years other than treated squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin or CIS of the cervix
  • Patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive are not eligible for the study given their potentially compromised immune systems and increased risk of treatment-related toxicity
  • Advanced (T1N1-4/T2-3 N any) invasive cancer in the contralateral breast
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  • Any known history of cerebrovascular disease including TIA, stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Patients must not have a non-healing wound or fracture
  • Patients with an abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months
  • Patients must not have a bleeding diathesis, hereditary of acquired bleeding disorder or coagulopathy
  • Patients on therapeutic doses of Coumadin or Lovenox are ineligible to participate in study
  • Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to study enrollment or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study; core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure, for example placement of a vascular access device, are excluded from this requirement
  • No known hypersensitivity to any component of bevacizumab

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065

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About this study

Official title: Next Generation Sequencing to Evaluate Breast Cancer Subtypes and Genomic Predictors of Response to Therapy in the Preoperative Setting for Stage II-III Breast Cancer

This phase II trial studies how well trastuzumab and pertuzumab or bevacizumab with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with stage II-III breast cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumors to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, carboplatin, doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving trastuzumab and pertuzumab or a commercially marketed formulation of bevacizumab without modification with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine if genomically derived 'molecular subtypes' predict pathological complete response to combination chemotherapy and targeted therapy for HER2 early stage breast cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To explore the ability of trastuzumab or pertuzumab response signatures to predict pCR in HER2 positive tumors treated with brief exposure to trastuzumab or pertuzumab followed by combination chemotherapy.

II. To explore the value of immune signatures as well as AKT and IGF signatures to predict pCR in HER2 tumors treated with brief exposure to trastuzumab and pertuzumab.

III. To explore if comprehensive annotation of genomic alterations (mutations, copy number alternations, gene fusions, non-coding RNA and splice variants) can further sub-stratify subtype-based classifiers for prediction of response to targeted therapy in early stage breast cancer IV. To explore if circulating RNA expression levels are associated with treatment response V. To explore changes in cardiac function and identify early cardiac injury using strain echocardiograms and cardiac biomarkers during treatment VI. To explore immunohistochemistry-based markers of response to treatment

Objectives for Imaging Sub-Study: Secondary Objectives I. Evaluate the visualization of primary breast tumors using analog and digital positron emission tomography (PET) with FDG and FLT. II. Evaluate the quantification of FDG-uptake in primary breast tumors using analog and digital PET with FDG and FLT. III. Compare the levels and changes in metabolic tumor activity from analog and digital FDG-PET/CT or FLT-PET/CT with clinical follow up and other procures include into CASE 14112 (such as DCE-MRI, genetic testing, etc.)

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment cohorts based on HER2 status.

COHORT I (HER2 positive): Patients receive trastuzumab intravenously (IV) over 30-60 minutes, and pertuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes, docetaxel IV, and carboplatin IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. As part of standard of care, each patient will receive three MRIs pre-treatment, before biopsy is taken, and before surgery. Ten additional patients will be added to cohort 1 to take part in the imaging sub-study. These ten patients will follow the same procedure as the other participants in cohort I but will have a PET/CT in place of the DCE-MRI

COHORT II (HER2 negative): Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11; doxorubicin IV and cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, and 7; and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of weeks 9, 11, 13, and 15. Prior to receiving paclitaxel patients will receive the anti-nausea medication

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • trastuzumabBiological

    Also called anti-c-erB-2, Herceptin, MOAB HER2

    Given IV

  • PertuzumabBiological

    Also called 2C4, Perjeta

    Given IV

  • docetaxelDrug

    Also called RP 56976, Taxotere, TXT

    Given IV

  • carboplatinDrug

    Also called Carboplat, CBDCA, JM-8, Paraplat

    Given IV

  • doxorubicinDrug

    Also called ADM, ADR, Adria, Adriamycin PFS

    Given IV

  • cyclophosphamideDrug

    Also called CPM, CTX, Cytoxan, Endoxan

    Given IV

  • paclitaxelDrug

    Also called Anzatax, Asotax, TAX, Taxol

    Given IV

  • BevacizumabDrug

    Also called Avastin

Study groups in NCT01959490
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cohort 1P (HER2 positive)ExperimentalPatients receive a run-in Pertuzumab treatment of 840 mg IV over 60 minutes on day -14 followed by Trastuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes and Pertuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes, docetaxel IV, and carboplatin IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Biological: trastuzumab; Biological: Pertuzumab; Drug: docetaxel; Drug: carboplatin
Cohort 1T (HER2 positive)ExperimentalPatients receive a run-in Trastuzumab treatment of 8 mg/kg IV over 90 minutes on day -14 followed by Trastuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes and Pertuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes, Docetaxel IV, and Carboplatin IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Biological: trastuzumab; Biological: Pertuzumab; Drug: docetaxel; Drug: carboplatin
Cohort II (HER2 negative)ExperimentalPatients receive Bevacizumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11; Doxorubicin IV and Cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, and 7; and Paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1 of weeks 9, 11, 13, and 15.
Receives: Drug: doxorubicin; Drug: cyclophosphamide; Drug: paclitaxel; Drug: Bevacizumab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Patients With a Pathological Complete Response (pCR) Who Received Targeted Therapy With Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab or Bevacizumab Predicted by Genomically-derived Molecular Subtypes.

    Number of patients with a pathological complete response (pCR) who received targeted therapy with trastuzumab and pertuzumab or bevacizumab predicted by genomically-derived molecular subtypes (HER2 positive or HER2 negative. pCR is defined as absence of invasive cancer in breast or lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

    Measured: Up to 30 days after last cycle of treatment

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. The Number of HER2 Positive Patients With a Pathological Complete Response (pCR) Predicted by a Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab Response Signature

    Measured: Up to 30 days after last cycle of treatment

  2. The Number of HER2 Negative Patients With a pCR Predicted by the TGF-B Response Signature

    Measured: Up to 30 days after last cycle of treatment

  3. The Number of HER2 Positive Patients With a pCR Predicted by the AKT Signature and IGF Signature.

    Measured: Up to 30 days after last cycle of treatment

  4. The Number of Patients With a pCR Predicated by Copy Number Alterations.

    Measured: Up to 30 days after last cycle of treatment

  5. The Number of Patients With a pCR Predicted by Changes in Texture on Breast DCE-MRI After a Two-week "run-in" Treatment With Trastuzumab, Pertuzumab, or Bevacizumab

    Determine if changes in regularity and entropy range predict pCR and in an exploratory fashion determine if specific texture features exist in each molecular subtype that predict pCR.

    Measured: At 2 weeks after start of run-in period

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Oct 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study start24 Sep 2013
  3. Primary completion11 Nov 2016
  4. Study completion29 Mar 2017

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
16 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01959490
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE14112
Other IDs
NCI-2013-01422, CASE 14112, P30CA043703
Status last verified
Feb 2019
First submitted
16 Aug 2013
Last updated
5 Mar 2019
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing trastuzumab, Pertuzumab and docetaxel in people with Stage II Breast Cancer and Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 14 inclusion and 13 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Mar 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 5 Mar 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Patients With a Pathological Complete Response (pCR) Who Received Targeted Therapy With Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab or Bevacizumab Predicted by Genomically-derived Molecular Subtypes. (time frame: Up to 30 days after last cycle of treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Mar 2019.

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