Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

This is an open-label Phase 3 study to see if ANG1005 can prolong survival compared to a Physician Best Choice control in HER2-negative breast cancer patients with newly diagnosed leptomeningeal disease and previously treated brain metastases.

CAREGIVER is a prospective, randomized, multicenter, open, five-arm study with unequal allocation ratios of 1:1:2:1:2 (palbociclib : paclitaxel : palbociclib + paclitaxel : carboplatin : carboplatin + paclitaxel). Study will be performed in untreated patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Potential candidates without previously established diagnosis of TNBC will be included in a Pre-screening Phase, when a biopsy of breast tumor will be taken to confirm the diagnosis of cancer, select patients with TNBC and collect tissue for translational research.

In sub-Saharan Africa, breast cancer patients often present with advanced disease. In my previous research which evaluated over 600 patients from a prospective institutional data base, about 64% of women with a new diagnosis of breast cancer presented with locally advanced disease, including clinically positive axillary adenopathy. Our data also suggests that similar to African American women, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is common in Nigeria (43.5%). The overall goal of the project is to evaluate the ability of existing technology in Nigeria to safely de-escalate axillary surgery in the management of locally advanced breast cancer patients. Currently, the standard-of-care for breast cancer patients with palpable axillary adenopathy (clinical N1 disease without evidence of distant metastases) at presentation in Nigeria is neoadjuvant systemic therapy followed by a modified radical mastectomy. This includes a complete axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). However, data from high-income countries however show that up to 85% of patients initially presenting with cN1 disease can be converted to cN0 (i.e. no palpable adenopathy) following NAC. These patients can thus safely undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) with up to 50% of these having pathologic complete response in the lymph nodes. In this patient population, both methylene blue and radio-isotope localization with Tc-99 sulphur colloid are required to ensure adequate performance of the SLNB to stage the axilla(i.e. false negative rate ≤10%). Although widely available in high-income countries, radio-isotope localization is not readily available in Nigeria. This project will explore an alternative to dual agent SLNB localization using readily available resources and multi-disciplinary collaboration in a lower-income environment. De-escalation of axillary surgery in high-income countries has significantly decreased operative morbidity and improved patient reported outcomes without compromising survival. However, context specific research and data from resource limited environments is needed to translate the benefit of de-escalation to sub-Saharan Africa.

The goal of this interventional study is to optimize the protocol of FES PET/CT in Estrogen Receptor positive Breast cancer patients with Brain metastases. Patients will undergo MRI of the brain and FDG PET/CT brain as part of standard of care for radiation treatment planning. An additional 18F-FES PET/CT brain scan will be completed before this standard of care radiation treatment. Patients will be followed prospectively with clinical and MRI assessments per standard-of-care for a total of 12 months. Study Population: Patients with ER-positive breast cancer with biopsy proven or suspected new or recurrent brain metastases (based on standard of care MRI) planned for radiation treatment of brain lesions.

This is a prospective study comparing partial mastectomy performed with routine cavity shave margins and Savi Scout® localization to partial mastectomy performed with selective margins and Savi Scout® localization. The primary objective is to determine the difference in positive margin rate between the two methods. The secondary objectives are to determine the differences in the rate of re-excision, volume of tissue extracted and Breast-Q® score between the two methods. It is hypothesized that the Savi Scout® will allow for decreased volume of tissue excised when compared to routine cavity shave margins without any difference in positive margin rate or rate of re-excision.

This is an international, multi-center, randomised, open label, superiority phase III trial of elacestrant vs standard endocrine therapy in patients with ER+/HER2- breast cancer and ctDNA relapse. During the ctDNA screening phase, patients will be tested at different timepoints to detect the presence of ctDNA in their blood. Patients who are found to be ctDNA-positive and have no evidence of distant metastasis, will be randomised 1:1 between standard endocrine treatment (the same they were receiving when tested ctDNA positive) versus elacestrant, provided they meet all eligibility criteria. After completion of the protocol treatment period, treatment will be left at the discretion of the treating physician.

For patients with de novo stage IV breast cancer, the current debate is whether local surgery can improve the survival of patients. There is no clinical study on the classification after systemic treatment of de novo stage IV breast cancer patients. In fact, the clinical stage of tumor can change with the change of treatment. For example, the stage Ⅲ of locally advanced breast cancer can down-staging to the stage Ⅱ after systemic treatment. Similarly, patients with stage Ⅳ can down-staging to stage Ⅱ or stage Ⅲ after systemic treatment. At this time, the patient can receive surgical treatment. Therefore, this study is to first treat de novo stage IV breast cancer patients with systemic treatment, according to the response after systemic treatment to give different treatment measures（surgery or continued systemic treatment）. The investigators hope that this study will provide new ideas for the treatment of de novo stage IV breast cancer and other de novo stage IV cancers.

In this study, clinical impacts of shared decision making between physicians and patients in strategy of surveillance for asymptomatic patients who ended the primary treatments on quality of life would be investigated

The purpose of the study is to address the following hypotheses: the PD-1 inhibitor Sintilimab 200mg for intravenous (IV) administration will be given together with three-week epirubincin, cyclophosphamide (EC) × 4 treatments from the second cycle followed by weekly nab-paclitaxel x12 treatments or three-week nab-paclitaxel x4 treatments. This regimen will induce higher pathologic complete response (pCR) rate in triple negative breast cancer than historical pCR rates (30-40%) observed with chemotherapy alone.

This research is being done to see if proton beam radiation therapy (PBT) results in fewer changes to a participant's heart measured with MRI-imaging than conventional or "photon" radiation therapy (XRT) for participants with non-metastatic left sided breast cancer. The names of the two study groups in this research study are: Proton Radiation Therapy (PBT) Conventional or "Photon" Radiation Therapy (XRT)