The purpose of this study is to compare the efficiency and safety between paclitaxel combined with epirubicin and vinorelbine combined with epirubicin when used in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced (IIb-IIIc) HER2-negative breast cancer with TEKT4 variations.
Taxane-based chemotherapy is the cornerstone treating breast cancer, however remarkable percentage of breast cancer patients presents with primary or secondary taxane resistance. Currently no established biomarker has been reported clinically for predicting taxane sensitivity. Our previous study indicated that TEKT4 variation decreased the stability of intracellular microtubule, and TEKT4 variant cells behaves higher resistance to microtubule-stabilizing agents such as taxane, while enhanced sensibility to microtubule depolymerization agents such as vinorelbine. This study is intended to confirm that TEKT4 variation predicts the prognosis of taxane-based chemotherapy through the prospective clinical trials. This study intends to evaluate the efficiency and safety of two neoadjuvant therapies: paclitaxel combined with epirubicin and vinorelbine combined with epirubicin, in treating locally advanced (IIb-IIIc) HER2-negative breast cancer with TEKT4 variation. Primary endpoint of study: pathologic Complete Response (pCR). Secondary endpoints of the study: Objective response rate (CR+PR). Exploratory endpoint: Based on pretreatment tumor and matched blood samples, the correlation between biomarker and efficiency is explored. This open single center prospective randomized control study includes patients locally advanced (IIb-IIIc) HER2-negative patients with TEKT4 variation diagnosed with histopathology and Sanger sequencing. Patients randomized to Group A or Group B to receive respective neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Among which Group A: PE x 4 cycles (paclitaxel + epirubicin), paclitaxel: 80 mg/m2 IV on day 1, 8 and 15; epirubicin: 90 mg/m2 IV on day 1, and dosing interval is 21 days. Group B: NE x 4 cycles (vinorelbine + epirubicin), vinorelbine: 25 mg/m2 IV on day 1, 8 and 15; epirubicin: 90 mg/m2 IV on day 1, and dosing interval is 21 days. Patients of both groups were performed with diagnostic puncture before treatment and over half of treatment course in order to obtain information about dynamic change of Ki67 and other parameters; Surgery will be performed after 4 cycles of chemotherapy, followed with subsequent adjuvant therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
91
Evaluate the efficiency and safety of vinorelbine plus epirubicin as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced HER2-negative breast cancer with TEKT4 variations
standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
pathologic Complete Response (pCR)
pCR is defined as the absence of noninvasive tumor residuals in breast and axillary lymph nodes (ypT0/is ypN0) after neoadjuvant therapy.
Time frame: 3 years
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
ORR is defined as the proportion of patients who achieved a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1.
Time frame: 3 years
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