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Status unknownNCT04745975Updated Apr 20, 2022

Guided Treatment Based on Mini-PDX in Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Personalized treatment guided by mini-PDX and RNA sequencing and Nab paclitaxel in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, sponsored by Fudan University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-20.

Sponsored by Fudan University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Triple-negative breast cancer constitutes 15-20% of cases of breast cancer and is defined by the absence of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and overexpression or gene amplification of HER2. Although the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors could improve the outcome of patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC), chemotherapy has been the standard of care for systemic treatment for patients with mTNBC. Prognoses remain poor, with reported median overall survival estimates of approximately 18 months or less with available treatments. A meta-analysis of seven clinical trials showed that the median objective response rate (ORR) of second or later line of chemotherapy in mTNBC was only 11%.

Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) tumor model, which preserves the histologic and genetic characteristics of patients' tumors, has shown its predictive value of clinical outcomes and are used for preclinical drug evaluation, biomarker identification, biological studies, and personalized medicine strategies. However, long time period and low success rate has limited its application in clinical practice.

Mini patient derived xenograft (miniPDX) offers an effective alternative as it only takes about 7 days for drug sensitivity test and could thus provide guidance for prompt personalized treatment for each patient.

Thus, the investigators conduct this single-center, prospective, randomized controlled clinical study to investigate the efficacy of guided treatment based on Mini-PDX in patients with metastatic refractory triple negative breast cancer.

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Conditions studied

  • Triple Negative Breast Cancer
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Fudan University is the lead sponsor of 1,270 studies on the registry; 623 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

Inclusion criteria

    1. Women aged 18-70 years;
    1. an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1;
    1. Estimated lifetime is ≥ 3 months;
    1. Histopathologically confirmed recurrent (unresectable) or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer; ER and PR negative is defined as ER \<1% positive, PR \<1% positive. HER-2 negative is defined as HER-2 (-) or (1+) by immunohistochemistry, HER-2 (2+) must be tested by FISH with negative result, HER-2 (1+) (1+), FISH is optional and negative;
    1. Have at least one measurable target lesion according to RECIST 1.1 criteria;
    1. Biopsy of the tumor lesion and the specimen passes laboratory quality control;
    1. A minimum of 2 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens (including at least one line of platinum-containing regimen) in metastatic settings are required prior to enrollment in this trial;
    1. Adequate organ function, i.e. meeting the following criteria.

      1. Hb ≥ 90 g/L (no transfusion within 14 days); ANC ≥ 1.5 × 109 /L; PLT ≥ 75 × 109 /L.
      2. Liver function: total bilirubin TBIL ≤ 1.5×ULN (upper limit of normal); ALT and AST ≤ 3×ULN.
      3. serum Cr ≤ 1.5×ULN.
    1. Subjects voluntarily joined the study, signed the informed consent form, were compliant and cooperated with the follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1)Pregnancy or lactation;
  • 2)History of autoimmune disease;
  • 3)Anticancer- and radiation therapy-related toxicities have not resolved or downgraded to Grade 1 or less;
    1. Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) disease;
    1. Previous treatment of Immune checkpoint inhibitors;
    1. History of other malignancies within the past five years, with the exception of cured non-malignant melanoma of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Personalized treatment guided by Mini-PDX

    The tumor tissue is used for drug sensitivity test by Mini-PDX, and acquiring the genetic information by RNA-sequence. Patients with mTNBC will receive personalized treatment guided by the experimental results of mini-PDX and RNA sequencing.

    Drug: Personalized treatment guided by mini-PDX and RNA sequencing

  • Active comparator
    Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC)

    TPC will be administered per standard of care. Patients randomized to TPC will receive chemotherapy, including but not limited to the following agents: nab-paclitaxel, eribulin, vinorelbine, gemcitabine, capecitabine.

    Drug: Nab paclitaxel · Drug: Eribulin · Drug: Vinorelbine · Drug: Gemcitabine · Drug: Capecitabine

Interventions

  • DrugPersonalized treatment guided by mini-PDX and RNA sequencing

    Personalized treatment guided by mini-PDX and RNA sequencing

  • DrugNab paclitaxel

    Nab-paclitaxel 125 mg/m2,ivgtt,d1, 8, 15, q4w

  • DrugEribulin

    Eribulin 1.4 mg/m2, d1,8 q3w

  • DrugVinorelbine

    Vinorelbine 25mg/m2 d1,8, q3w

  • DrugGemcitabine

    Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2, d1,8, q3w

  • DrugCapecitabine

    Capecitabine 1250 mg/m2 bid po

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate

    To compare the Objective Response Rate (ORR) of patients who recieve persionalized treatment based on mini-PDX model with ORR of patients who receive Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC). ORR is defined as the proportion of patients with a confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) according to RECIST 1.1. ORR will be calculated based on the Investigator assessment of response. CR = Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm; PR = At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an expected average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    Overall survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause. Patients will be followed until their date of death or until final database closure. Patients who are lost-to-follow-up or are alive at the time of analysis will be censored at the time they were last known to be alive or at the date of event cut-off for OS analysis.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an expected average of 1 year

  2. Progression-Free Survival

    Progression-free survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the first evidence of documented disease progression as defined by response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) v1.1 or death from any cause. Progressive Disease (PD) was at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, with reference being the smallest sum on study and an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or unequivocal progression of non-target lesions, or 1 or more new lesions. If a participant was not known to have died or have objective progression as of the data inclusion cutoff date for the analysis, the PFS time was censored at the last adequate tumor assessment date.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an expected average of 1 year

  3. Adverse events

    Number of participants with adverse events as assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 5.0

    Time frame: Through study completion, an expected average of 1 year

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200032, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 20, 2022, 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
NCT04745975
Lead sponsor
Fudan University
Responsible party
Xichun Hu (Director of Medical Oncology, Fudan University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 9, 2021
Start date
Feb 1, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 20, 2022

Study contacts

Xichun Hu, M.D.
Contact
xchu2009@hotmail.com
021-54561523
Jian Zhang, M.D.
Contact
syner2000@163.com
021-54561523
Xichun Hu, M.D.
principal investigator · Fudan University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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