Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

The primary objective is to determine the feasibility of combining pembrolizumab with a single fraction radiation boost in patients with early/ operable breast cancer. The secondary objectives are to assess clinical response on pre- and post-treatment clinical, imaging, and histology exams, and to assess immune response on pre and post treatment blood and tissue samples by tracking change in Ki67 + CD8 T cells in peripheral blood and in extent of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

This phase II trial studies how well the combination of avelumab with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan works in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer that is stage IV or is not able to be removed by surgery (unresectable) and has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors like avelumab require activation of the patient's immune system. This trial includes a two week induction or lead-in of medications that can stimulate the immune system. It is our hope that this induction will improve the response to immunotherapy with avelumab. One treatment, sacituzumab Govitecan, is a monoclonal antibody called sacituzumab linked to a chemotherapy drug called SN-38. Sacituzumab govitecan is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TROP2) receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Another treatment, liposomal doxorubicin, is a form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles. It may have fewer side effects and work better than doxorubicin, and may enhance factors associated with immune response. The third medication is called binimetinib, which may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth, and may help activate the immune system. It is not yet known whether giving avelumab in combination with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan will work better in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer.

Researchers are trying to identify the therapeutic effect of injection into the subcutaneous tissue to treat radiation-induced skin injury of post mastectomy in patients with breast cancer.

This study will test any good and bad effects of aerobic exercise performed while you are receiving the usual first-line treatment for metastatic breast cancer. The researchers think that exercise helps delay the development of resistance to hormone therapy while slowing the growth of tumors.

Extensive intraductal carcinoma of the breast refers to a type of breast cancer in which ≥ 25% of ductal carcinoma in situ is present in invasive tumors and there is a scattered distribution of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in or around the invasive carcinoma. Compared with DCIS negative for extensive intraductal component, DCIS positive for extensive intraductal component is not sensitive to radiotherapy. Mckissock surgery was applied in breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer in 2016. Jianyi Li and the team members (Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China) applied this technique in breast-conserving surgery with preservation of the nipple-areola complex. This surgical technique is suitable for low-grade malignant tumors and has better prognosis than radical mastectomy. The purpose of this study is to investigate postoperative disease-free survival and quality of life after modified radical mastectomy versus expanded Mckissock surgery for extensive intraductal carcinoma of the breast. Results from this study will indicate the efficacy of expanded Mckissock surgery in the treatment of extensive intraducatal carcinoma of the breast.

Patients who have histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable (not amenable to curative therapy) breast cancer may be screened for eligibility. All patients must have HER2 negative breast cancer with the identified PIK3CA mutation and received at least one line of endocrine therapy. The study will consist of a screening phase, a treatment phase, and a post-treatment phase which includes safety, efficacy, and follow-up. The treatment phase will include taking alpelisib daily in combination with continued use of either Fulvestrant or Aromatase Inhibitor per standard of care until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

HER2-targeted therapy after the failure of trastuzumab treatment has become a new difficulty and challenge. Inetetamab, a new antibody to optimize the ADCC effect, has become one of the second-line treatment options after trastuzumab fails, showing good survival benefits. Pyrotinib, another second-line HER2 targeted drug, is a typical representative of TKI drugs, which not only has a strong HER2 antagonistic effect but also can synergize with monoclonal antibodies to amplify the ADCC effect. Pyrotinib and Inetetamab showed excellent anti-tumor efficacy and good safety in TKI and optimized ADCC respectively. we plan to carry out a phase II single-arm clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of "Inetetamab combined with Pyrotinib and chemotherapy" in the treatment of her positive metastatic breast cancer.

This is a phase I/II, single-arm and open-label single-centre clinical trial with the aim to test the feasibility, safety and the efficacy, in terms of complete pathological response, of preoperative ablative radiotherapy in single fraction for selected breast cancer patients.

More and more evidence suggests that local radiotherapy can improve the outcomes for patients with oligometastatic disease. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of radiotherapy, compared with standard systemic therapy alone, on survival, local control and toxicities in patients with extracranial oligometastatic breast cancer. Eligible patients are randomized in a 1:2 ratio between the control arm (standard systemic therapy), and the WLRT arm (standard systemic therapy + radiotherapy). Randomization will be stratified by three factors: visceral metastasis (yes vs.no), number of metastases(≤2 vs. >2), hormone receptor(positive vs. negative). SBRT technique is preferred. During and after radiotherapy, the patients are followed and the efficacy and toxicities of radiotherapy are evaluated.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors given in monotherapy in advanced breast cancer have shown modest benefit in first-line, but very limited efficacy in later lines. Thus, combination therapies are needed. Response following anti-PD1/PD-L1 monotherapy is associated with large survival benefit in the advanced setting. Previous studies of the intrinsic subtypes have shown that Basal-like and HER2-E are associated with higher expression of immune-related genes or higher infiltration of stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes compared to the luminal subtypes. Immune infiltration in BC is associated with chemo/antiHER2 responsiveness and potentially benefit from anti-PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. In addition, one emerging biomarker of response to anti-PD-1 therapy is the tumor mutational burden (I.e. the total number of mutations per coding area of a tumor genome). The HER2-E and Basal-like profiles have been associated with high mutational burden. A range of studies have been initiated including several phase II/III studies evaluating atezolizumab in combination with different chemotherapeutic compounds routinely used in breast cancer, but none with predefined biomarker beyond the expression of PD-L1 by IHC