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Status unknownNCT03242551BINC-BUpdated Nov 14, 2017

Biomarkers Investigation of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Chemotherapy in Breast Neoplasms, sponsored by Shenzhen People's Hospital. Status unknown at 2 sites in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-11-14.

Sponsored by Shenzhen People's Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2017), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The BINC-B trial is a diagnostic and interventional study in which various function imaging methods as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PWI, DWI and DCE-MRI) and will be compared with common imaging methods (mammography and/or ultrasound) to investigate if an early response to a combined neoadjuvant chemotherapy in operable or potentially operable breast cancer. For breast cancer patients with positive HER-2, additional Herceptin could improve the response further. In this study the efficacy of combined neoadjuvant therapy with or without Herceptin should be evaluated and the role in predicting the tumor response with different imaging should be estimated.

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Firstly, the investigators aim to show that the results of functional imaging including dynamic enhanced, diffuse weighted, and perfusion MR imaging biomarkers as well the ultrasonic outcome could be used to predict the response to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable and potentially operable breast cancer (luminal B, HER-2 positive and triple negative).

Secondly, the investigators will study the role of peripheral blood biomarker including circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), circulating endothelial cells (CECs) and subsets, myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), and lymph cell subsets and their combinations could predict the response of the tumor measured with imaging.

Thirdly, the investigators will establish a mode with these multiple imaging and serum biomarker panel as well as their changes during the treatment course establish to predict the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Neoplasms

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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,820 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,923 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 120 is above the median of 72 across 9,498 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Shenzhen People's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 63 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥18 years and ≤70 years
  • Female
  • Operable or potentially operable primary breast cancer (≥ cT2, N0 or N+, M0);
  • Confirmed by core biopsy
  • Histological confirmed unilateral, solitaire breast cancer
  • Baseline LVEF ≥55% (measured by echocardiography) according to institution specific norm
  • Informed consent for clinical trial including analysis of predictive imaging tests and biomarkers
  • Clinically or by imaging (mammogram, MRI or US) assessed breast cancer ≥2 cm with bi-dimensional measurable lesion independent of nodal status
  • Negative pregnancy test (urine or serum) within 7 days prior to registration if patient is premenopausal with intact reproductive organs and if patient is less than one year after menopause
  • ECOG Performance status 0-2
  • Adequate organ function for cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • Adequate renal function including Serum creatinine ≤ ULN, Measured or calculated creatinine clearance > 60 ml per min
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≤ 1500/µL, platelet count ≥ 100,000/µL
  • Bilirubin ≤ ULN; ALT or AST ≤ 1.5 x ULN, and alkaline phosphatase ≤2.5 x ULN
  • Patients must be available and compliant for treatment and follow-up

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • Evidence of distant metastases by clinical or imaging diagnosis
  • Multifocal primary tumor, defined as histologically confirmed tumor-manifestations within different quadrants; distance ≥ 4 cm
  • Pre-existing motor or sensory neuropathy of a severity ≥ grade 2 NCI criteria
  • Previous breast cancer
  • Prior malignancy with a disease-free survival of \< 5 year
  • Prior malignancy which has not been curatively treated
  • Inflammatory breast cancer
  • Prior systemic therapy for cancer
  • Patients with immunosuppressive therapy
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Women of childbearing potential not using highly effective birth control
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity reactions to the compounds or incorporated substances of trastuzumab or its constituents (for HER2+ tumors)
  • Invasive malignancy which could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results
  • Other serious illness or medical condition including: Known or suspected congestive heart failure (>NYHA I) and/or coronary heart disease, Angina pectoris requiring antianginal medication; Previous history of myocardial infarction, Evidence of transmural infarction on ECG, Un- or poorly controlled arterial hypertension (i.e. BP >150/100 mmHg under treatment with two antihypertensive drugs), Rhythm abnormalities requiring permanent treatment; Clinically significant valvular heart disease, Patients with dyspnea at rest due to malignant or other disease or who require supportive oxygen therapy, Active serious uncontrolled infections, Poorly controlled diabetes, History of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy; History of TIA or CVA
  • Neutrophil count of \< 1500, platelet count of \< 100,000/µL, Haemoglobin \< 10 g/dL
  • Inadequate bone marrow, hepatic and renal functions as evidenced by the following: Serum total bilirubin > ULN, ALT or AST > 1.5 x ULN, Alkaline phosphatase > 2.5 x ULN, serum creatinine > ULN
  • Concurrent treatment with any other anti-cancer therapy
  • No informed consent for analysis of predictive imaging tests and biomarkers
  • Contraindications against MRI: Cardiac pacemakers, other forms of medical or biostimulation implants, ferromagnetic foreign bodies or metallic implants (e.g. surgical protheses, aneurysm clips), implanted insulin pumps, valvular implants, allergy to contrast agent, renal insufficiency, claustrophobia
  • Active peptic ulcer, incomplete wound healing or unhealed bone fracture
  • Disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function, e.g. malabsorption syndrome, resection of the stomach or small bowel, ulcerative colitis, abdominal fistula, intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months of enrolment or gastrointestinal perforation
  • Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs; participation in another clinical trial with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to study entry
  • Chronic daily treatment with corticosteroids (dose of > 10 mg/day methylprednisolone equivalent) (excluding inhaled steroids)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

    Epirubicin 100mg/m2 and cyclophosphamine 600mg/m2 for four cycles followed by paclitaxol 175mg/m2 for four cycles with (for patients with positive HER-2) or without Trastuzumab (loading dose of 6 mg/kg followed by 4 mg/kg every 2 weeks for four cycles), each cycle is 14 days.

    Drug: Chemotherapy

Interventions

  • DrugChemotherapy

    "AC" followed by "T" Chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab, i.e. Epirubicin 100mg/m2 and cyclophosphamine 600mg/m2 for four cycles followed by paclitaxol 175mg/m2 for four cycles with (for patients with positive HER-2) or without Trastuzumab (loading dose of 6 mg/kg followed by 4 mg/kg every 2 weeks for four cycles), each cycle is 14 days.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. pathological complete response (pCR)

    Rate of pathological complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant therapy and to determine efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy in primary breast cancer using pCR (According to National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project guideline)

    Time frame: from the first day of the the first cycle (each cycle is 14 days) of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to the date that breast and axillary sugery will be performed

Secondary outcomes

  1. Response rate

    the summary of clinical complete response and partial response (RESICIST 1.1 criteria)

    Time frame: from the first day of the the first cycle (each cycle is 14 days) of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to the date that breast and axillary sugery will be performed

  2. Disease free survival

    from the beginning of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to the confirmed time of recurrence or metastatic disease, or death due to any other cause.

    Time frame: from the first day of the the first cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (each cycle is 14 days) to the date of first documented progression or date of death from breast cancer, whichever came first, assessed up to 60 months

  3. Overall survival

    from the beginning of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to the death with any causes

    Time frame: from the first day of the the first cycle (each cycle is 14 days) of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to the date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 60 months

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Department of Oncology
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, China
    Not yet recruiting
  • Shenzhen People Hospital
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Marinovich ML, Sardanelli F, Ciatto S, Mamounas E, Brennan M, Macaskill P, Irwig L, von Minckwitz G, Houssami N. Early prediction of pathologic response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer: systematic review of the accuracy of MRI. Breast. 2012 Oct;21(5):669-77. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.07.006. Epub 2012 Aug 3. PubMed 22863284 ↗
  • Prevos R, Smidt ML, Tjan-Heijnen VC, van Goethem M, Beets-Tan RG, Wildberger JE, Lobbes MB. Pre-treatment differences and early response monitoring of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients using magnetic resonance imaging: a systematic review. Eur Radiol. 2012 Dec;22(12):2607-16. doi: 10.1007/s00330-012-2653-5. Epub 2012 Sep 16. PubMed 22983282 ↗
  • Braman NM, Etesami M, Prasanna P, Dubchuk C, Gilmore H, Tiwari P, Plecha D, Madabhushi A. Erratum to: Intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics for the pretreatment prediction of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on breast DCE-MRI. Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Jul 10;19(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s13058-017-0862-1. No abstract available. PubMed 28693537 ↗
  • Murtaza M, Dawson SJ, Tsui DW, Gale D, Forshew T, Piskorz AM, Parkinson C, Chin SF, Kingsbury Z, Wong AS, Marass F, Humphray S, Hadfield J, Bentley D, Chin TM, Brenton JD, Caldas C, Rosenfeld N. Non-invasive analysis of acquired resistance to cancer therapy by sequencing of plasma DNA. Nature. 2013 May 2;497(7447):108-12. doi: 10.1038/nature12065. Epub 2013 Apr 7. PubMed 23563269 ↗
  • Morganella S, Alexandrov LB, Glodzik D, Zou X, Davies H, Staaf J, Sieuwerts AM, Brinkman AB, Martin S, Ramakrishna M, Butler A, Kim HY, Borg A, Sotiriou C, Futreal PA, Campbell PJ, Span PN, Van Laere S, Lakhani SR, Eyfjord JE, Thompson AM, Stunnenberg HG, van de Vijver MJ, Martens JW, Borresen-Dale AL, Richardson AL, Kong G, Thomas G, Sale J, Rada C, Stratton MR, Birney E, Nik-Zainal S. The topography of mutational processes in breast cancer genomes. Nat Commun. 2016 May 2;7:11383. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11383. PubMed 27136393 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — all the individual data will be open to the other researchers

Supporting information: Study protocol, Clinical study report

Time frame: After the data is formally published

Access criteria: open acess

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Nov 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Aug 2022, 57 months after the start.

Of 983 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 54 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 34 and three quarters within 85. This study's planned 57 months is close to that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,201 studies reached it within 49 months; a quarter within 31 and three quarters within 80.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 28, 2017
First posted
Aug 8, 2017
StartActual
Nov 8, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Aug 31, 2022
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2022
Last update
Nov 14, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 14, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03242551
Lead sponsor
Shenzhen People's Hospital
Responsible party
Wenyong Tan (Director, Shenzhen People's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 8, 2017
Start date
Nov 8, 2017
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 14, 2017

Study contacts

Wenyong Tan, Dr
Contact
tanwyym@hotmail.com
008618924672707
Wenyong Tan, Dr.
principal investigator · Shenzhen People Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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