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CompletedNCT05114720Updated Dec 17, 2025

Moxifloxacin in Adjuvant Treatment of Patients With Operable Breast Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus moxifloxacin and standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus placebo in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-17.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
559
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with operable breast cancer randomised to treatment with standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus moxifloxacin or placebo.

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This is a multicenter, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trial. The main purposes of this study are to examine the efficacy and safety of standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus moxifloxacin or placebo as care for patients with operable breast cancer. This study is designed to recruit up to 520 subjects.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • moxifloxacin
  • operable breast cancer
  • adjuvant treatment
  • disease-free survival
  • safety
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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 enrollment of 559 is above the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 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. Have provided written and signed informed consent;
  2. Histologically confirmed invasive ductal carcinoma;
  3. Planned to received (neo)/adjuvant chemotherapy;
  4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0 to 1;
  5. Normal blood routine, liver and kidney functions within 1 week before enrollment in this study;
  6. Women of childbearing age have a negative serum or urinary pregnancy tests prior to enrollment in this study; Pre-menopause women are contracepted with medically acceptable methods during the study period.
  7. Compliance with the study protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant or breast feeding;
  2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score ≥ 2;
  3. Hypersensitivity to moxifloxacin or quinolones compounds;
  4. Concomitant with other antitumor therapies or participating in other clinical trials;
  5. Have a history of heart disease, such as arrhythmia, conduction block, S-T segment elevation, ischemic heart disease, or congenital heart disease;
  6. Severe uncontrolled co-infection, or severe metabolic disorders;
  7. A clear past history of neurological or psychiatric disorders, including epilepsy or dementia;
  8. Poor compliance, unwillingness or inability to follow protocol to continue the study;
  9. Any circumstances in which the investigator deemed the subject unsuitable for enrollment in this study.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
559 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus moxifloxacin

    Standard adjuvant chemotherapy (Taxanes combined with cyclophosphamide or doxorubicin combined with cyclophosphamide followed by taxanes) plus antibiotic (moxifloxacin) Other Name: docetaxel 75mg/m\^2, or nab-paclitaxel 260mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days cyclophosphamide 1000 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days; or doxorubicin 60mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, combined with cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, followed by docetaxel 75mg/m\^2, or nab-paclitaxel 260mg/m\^2, IV, days 1; plus Moxifloxacin 0.4 PO once daily days 1-5; cycled every 21 days

    Drug: standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus moxifloxacin

  • Placebo comparator
    standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus placebo

    Standard adjuvant chemotherapy (Docetaxel combined with cyclophosphamide or doxorubicin combined with cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel) plus placebo Other Name: docetaxel 75mg/m\^2, or nab-paclitaxel 260mg/m\^2, IV, days 1 cyclophosphamide 1000 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days; or doxorubicin 60mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, combined with cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, followed by docetaxel 75mg/m\^2, or nab-paclitaxel 260mg/m\^2, IV, days 1; plus Placebo 0.4 PO once daily days 1-5; cycled every 21 days

    Drug: standard adjuvant chemotherapy plus placebo

Interventions

  • Drugstandard adjuvant chemotherapy plus moxifloxacin

    docetaxel 75mg/m\^2, or nab-paclitaxel 260mg/m\^2, IV, days 1 cyclophosphamide 1000 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days; or doxorubicin 60mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days docetaxel 100 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days; plus Moxifloxacin 0.4 PO once daily days 1-5; cycled every 21 days

    Also known as: Standard adjuvant chemotherapy (Docetaxel combined with cyclophosphamide or doxorubicin combined with cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel) plus antibiotic (moxifloxacin)

  • Drugstandard adjuvant chemotherapy plus placebo

    docetaxel 75mg/m\^2, or nab-paclitaxel 260mg/m\^2, IV, days 1 cyclophosphamide 1000 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days; or doxorubicin 60mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days docetaxel 100 mg/m\^2, IV, days 1, cycled every 21 days; plus Placebo 0.4 PO once daily days 1-5; cycled every 21 days

    Also known as: Standard adjuvant chemotherapy (Docetaxel combined with cyclophosphamide or doxorubicin combined with cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel) plus placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. disease-free survival (DFS)

    The interval from the date of randomization until the first date of recurrence local, regional or distant, second primary tumor or death due to any cause

    Time frame: 10 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. overall survival (OS)

    The interval from the date of randomization until the first date on death due to any cause, or the last follow-up time

    Time frame: 10 years

  2. distant disease-free survival (DDFS)

    The interval from the date of randomization until the first date on distant metastasis, death due to any cause, or second primary invasive breast cancer

    Time frame: 10 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — We decided to not share our individual participant data (IPD) to other researchers.

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 Dec 17, 2025, 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
NCT05114720
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Responsible party
Zhong-yu Yuan (Professor of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 10, 2021
Start date
Nov 11, 2021
Primary completion
Nov 27, 2025
Completion
Nov 27, 2025
Last update
Dec 17, 2025

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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