This phase II trial tests how well tamoxifen and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin works in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) or that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) and is unable to be operated on (inoperable). Tamoxifen works by blocking the effects of estrogen in the breast. This may help stop the growth of tumor cells that need estrogen to grow. Doxorubicin is in a class of medications called anthracyclines. Doxorubicin damages the cell's DNA and may kill cancer cells. It also blocks a certain enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair. Liposomal doxorubicin is a form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained inside very tiny, fat-like particles. Liposomal doxorubicin may have fewer side effects and work better than other forms of the drug. Giving tamoxifen and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin together may work better in treating patients with metastatic or inoperable, locally advanced triple negative breast cancer than giving either of these drugs alone.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the efficacy of the combination of tamoxifen and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in patients with metastatic or inoperable locally advanced triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) (estrogen receptor \[ER\] \< 10%) as assessed by overall response rate (ORR) as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v) 1.1. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the safety and tolerability of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin given in combination with tamoxifen. II. To determine clinical benefit including overall and progression free survival (overall survival \[OS\] and progression free survival \[PFS\]) as defined by RECIST v1.1. III. To determine the duration of response. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To analyze changes in circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) from longitudinal liquid biopsy to follow therapeutic response. II. To determine estrogen receptor beta (ERβ)-mutant p53 interaction in tumors with in situ proximity ligation assay (PLA). III. To analyze changes in gene expression by global ribonucleic acid (RNA)-sequencing (seq). IV. To determine changes in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of tumors in response to treatment by analyzing tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILS) selected markers in the tumor and stromal tissues combined with CYBERSORT analysis of the transcriptome data. V. Analyze changes in immune cell populations and circulating protein biomarkers as detectable from blood. OUTLINE: Patients receive tamoxifen orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 of each cycle and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin intravenously (IV) on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), tumor biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and every 6 months for up to 2 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Undergo tumor biopsy
Undergo blood sample collection
Undergo CT scan
Undergo echocardiography
Undergo MRI
Given IV
Given PO
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York, United States
RECRUITINGOverall response rate
Defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria. Will be summarized using frequencies and relative frequencies.
Time frame: Up to 4 years
Incidence of adverse events
Per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 will be summarized by attribution and grade using frequencies and relative frequencies.
Time frame: Until progression or end of treatment, up to 4 years
Duration of response
Will be summarized using standard Kaplan-Meier methods, where the median times will be estimated with 90% confidence intervals.
Time frame: From initial response to disease progression (per RECIST version1.1) up to 4 years
Overall survival
Will be summarized using standard Kaplan-Meier methods, where the median times will be estimated with 90% confidence intervals.
Time frame: From treatment initiation until death due to any cause, up to 4 years
Progression free survival
Will be summarized using standard Kaplan-Meier methods, where the median times will be estimated with 90% confidence intervals.
Time frame: From treatment initiation until disease progression or death due to any cause, up to 4 years
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