The usual approach to care for hormone receptor positive, HER2 positive breast cancer is chemotherapy and HER2 targeted therapy followed by endocrine therapy and surgery. The purpose of this Research Study is to see if taking endocrine therapy with the chemotherapy and HER2 directed therapy increases patients response to therapy at the time of surgery
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Concurrent endocrine therapy with the chemotherapy and HER2 directed therapy
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
Gresham, Oregon, United States
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
Portland, Oregon, United States
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center
Tualatin, Oregon, United States
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Vancouver, Washington, United States
pCR Rates
To estimate the rates of pCR in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with HER2 directed therapy and concurrent endocrine therapy, compared with matched historical controls who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and HER2 directed therapy alone, stratified by molecularly determined Luminal versus HER2 enriched subtypes
Time frame: 21 months
RCB scores
To compare the distribution of RCB scores and nodal clearance rates between the two treatment groups and across the two molecular subtypes.
Time frame: 21 months
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