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A Pilot Study of Neoadjuvant Response-Adapted Chemotherapy with Pembrolizumab in Patients with Stage 2 and 3 Triple Negative Breast Cancer to Determine Early PET and Biomarker Dynamics

Details

Status

open

Study Type

Interventional

Study Phase

II

Location(s)

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

1800 Orleans St Baltimore, MD 21287

Johns Hopkins at Greenspring Station

10755 Falls Road Timonium, MD 21093

Sibley Memorial Hospital

5255 Loughboro Road, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20016

Contact Us

(410) 955-8964

Brief Summary

Eligible participants will undergo baseline procedures including research bloodwork, MRI and PET scan. Participants will then be treated with one cycle of paclitaxel, carboplatin and pembrolizumab. At the end of Cycle One (C1D15 +7days) patients will undergo repeat procedures (bloodwork, PET scan), and then continue with treatment for an additional three cycles. At the end of treatment patients will undergo repeat MRI. Patients achieving a cCR will be encouraged to proceed with surgery. Patients with clinical residual disease (RD) on MRI will be recommended a biopsy, if feasible and felt to be clinically ndicated, and proceed with “rescue” neoadjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) with pembrolizumab for four additional cycles, and then proceed with surgery. Tissue will be collected from the surgical product. Patients achieving a pCR may proceed with adjuvant pembrolizumab per standard of care, and treating physician discretion. Patients with pathological RD may proceed with “rescue” adjuvant AC with pembrolizumab for four additional cycles (if not received neoadjuvantly), per treating physician discretion. They may also receive adjuvant capecitabine or olaparib as indicated and per treating physician discretion.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Stage II-III TNBC - estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) up to and including 10% is eligible

  2. Age ≥ 18 years

  3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2

  4. Eligible for standard chemo-immunotherapy as determined by treating physician, including consideration of:

    1. Adequate marrow and organ function
    2. Co-morbid conditions do not preclude the use of chemo-immunotherapy (such as uncontrolled autoimmune disease, or the use of immunosuppressive medications)
  5. Patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent prior to registration on study

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients unable to undergo PET or MRI
  2. Evidence of metastatic disease or loco-regional recurrence (i.e. distant or chest wall recurrence)
  3. Inflammatory breast cancer
  4. Previous treatment with paclitaxel, carboplatin, or immune checkpoint inhibitors