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A Study for the Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer

A Phase 4 interventional study of Docetaxel and Carboplatin in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-01.

Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2,413
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Studies on postoperative adjuvant albumin paclitaxel in domestic breast cancer patients are less reported, especially in large samples, and more studies focus more on the safety and tolerability of albumin paclitaxel use. Head-to-head studies of white violet and docetaxel are not supported by data at this time, but some studies have shown that docetaxel-induced long-term Other adverse effects such as myelosuppression, hepatotoxicity and hypersensitivity reactions can have a serious impact on quality of life. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the efficacy and safety of albumin paclitaxel and docetaxel in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer in a large randomized controlled trial, and to further analyse the efficacy and safety of albumin paclitaxel in combination with chemotherapy for postoperative breast cancer in different subtypes of breast cancer patients, in order to obtain more realistic data and provide new treatment options for breast cancer patients.

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At present, the treatment of early-stage breast cancer is mainly surgical, supplemented by chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy and other comprehensive treatment methods, through the use of a variety of comprehensive and individualized treatment plans led to a significant improvement in the quality of life and survival of breast cancer patients. Systematic adjuvant therapy after surgery is also gaining increasing attention, with a large number of randomized clinical trials worldwide . The effectiveness of adjuvant therapy in reducing the recurrence of breast cancer and improving survival has been demonstrated in a number of randomized clinical trials worldwide. Adjuvant therapy after surgery is recommended in NCCN guidelines, ESMO, St. Gallen and other guidelines or expert consensus.

The use of albumin paclitaxel in the postoperative adjuvant treatment of breast cancer has been reported overseas, and a phase II clinical study published in 2017 investigated the tolerability and feasibility of dose dense doxorubicin combined with cyclophosphamide followed by nab-paclitaxel (AC-nP) chemotherapy in patients with high-risk early-stage breast cancer in adjuvant treatment. The results suggested that this regimen was well tolerated, with an incidence of granular deficiency with fever 5 of 2%, suggesting the safety of weekly treatment with nab-paclitaxel.

Another study evaluated the safety of dose-dense AC-nP regimens in women with high-risk breast cancer. Enrolled patients received 4 cycles of AC (every 2 weeks) followed by nab-P (every 2 weeks). The most common eventual adverse reaction was peripheral neuropathy, although approximately 80% of patients were grade 1-2, and the patient's neuropathy gradually improved after the end of treatment. This suggests that in early breast cancer, the use of dose-dense AC followed by nab-P is feasible with predictable AEs .

In summary, studies on postoperative adjuvant albumin paclitaxel in domestic breast cancer patients are less reported, especially in large samples, and more studies focus more on the safety and tolerability of albumin paclitaxel use. Head-to-head studies of white violet and docetaxel are not supported by data at this time, but some studies have shown that docetaxel-induced long-term Other adverse effects such as myelosuppression, hepatotoxicity and hypersensitivity reactions can have a serious impact on quality of life. Therefore, this study aim to conduct a prospective, randomized, open-label, multi-center clinical study to analyse the efficacy and safety of albumin paclitaxel and docetaxel in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer in a large randomized controlled trial, and to further analyse the efficacy and safety of albumin paclitaxel in combination with chemotherapy for postoperative breast cancer in different subtypes of breast cancer patients, in order to obtain more realistic data and provide new treatment options for breast cancer patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • breast cancer
  • adjuvant therapy
  • Docetaxel
  • albumin paclitaxel
  • TCbHP
  • nPCbHP
  • ddEC-wnP
  • TC
  • nPC
  • EC-T
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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 2,413 is above the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University is the lead sponsor of 1,058 studies on the registry; 511 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Female patients aged ≥18 years;
  2. Histopathologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer patients with the following characteristics:1. stage I to III breast cancer; 2. operable primary lesion with no evidence of distant metastasis (M0);
  3. known hormone receptor status (estrogen receptor [ER], progesterone receptor [PR]) and HER2 status with known Ki67 expression levels; (ER/PR positive defined as stained cells >1%, HER2 positive defined as IHC 3+ or IHC 2+ with a positive FISH test);
  4. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC): ER/PR negative, HER2 negative; tumor >2cm or lymph node metastasis with clear postoperative pathological evidence; Luminal breast cancer: ER>1%, HER2 negative, postoperative pathological evidence definite lymph node metastasis (different adjuvant chemotherapy regimens depending on whether the lymph nodes are N1 or N2-3); HER2-positive breast cancer: HER2-positive, regardless of ER/PR status; (the above classification determines enrollment and adjuvant therapy, and does not represent the corresponding molecular typing definition);
  5. Patients who have undergone breast cancer resection and systemic intrathoracic lymph node dissection; surgical resection is R0 resection; patients who need postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy as judged by the investigator;
  6. Start of adjuvant therapy within 21 days of the time of surgery is appropriate ;
  7. ECOG physical fitness score of 0-1 with an expected survival of >6 months ;
  8. Patients have not been treated with a paclitaxel regimen prior to enrolment ;
  9. Adjuvant chemotherapy should not be performed concurrently with endocrine therapy drugs such as tamoxifen/aromatase inhibitors or postoperative radiotherapy;
  10. Women of childbearing age must have taken reliable contraceptive measures, or performed a pregnancy test (serum or urine) within 7 days before enrollment, with a negative result, and be willing to use appropriate contraceptives during the trial and 8 weeks after the last dose of the trial drug;
  11. Electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiography must confirm normal cardiac function within 3 months prior to randomization. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) must be ≥55% for patients receiving anthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimens and targeted therapy ;
  12. Liver and kidney function: serum creatinine ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal; AST and ALT ≤3 times the upper limit of normal; total bilirubin ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal, or ≤2.5 times the upper limit of normal when the patient has Gilbert's syndrome ;
  13. Bone marrow function: neutrophils≥1.5×109/L, platelets≥100×109/L, hemoglobin≥90g/L;
  14. Able to comply with outpatient treatment, laboratory monitoring and necessary clinical visits during the study period;
  15. Subjects have the ability to understand, agree and sign the Informed Consent Form (ICF) for the study prior to initiating any protocol-related procedures; subjects have the ability to express consent (if applicable).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Advanced and/or inoperable patients with distant metastasis confirmed by imaging evidence or pathology;
  2. Other malignant tumors have occurred in the past 5 years, except for skin cancers of cured cervical carcinoma in situ and non-melanoma;
  3. Pregnant or breastfeeding women; patients with childbearing potential who are unwilling or unable to take effective contraceptive measures;
  4. The molecular status of ER/PR and HER2 and Ki67 cannot be determined;
  5. Patients with CNS metastases or > grade 1 peripheral neuropathy;
  6. Severe cardiovascular disease: Grade II or higher myocardial ischaemia or myocardial infarction, poorly controlled arrhythmias (including QTc interval ≥ 470 ms); Grade III-IV cardiac insufficiency according to NYHA criteria, or cardiac ultrasound indicating a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of \<50%;
  7. Patients with hypertension that cannot be reduced to the normal range after antihypertensive medication (systolic blood pressure>140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure>90 mmHg);
  8. Received major surgical operations or suffered severe traumatic injury, fracture or ulcer within 4 weeks of enrollment;
  9. Patients with severe myelosuppression at screening;
  10. Patients with severe liver dysfunction (Child's Class III) or renal dysfunction at screening ;
  11. Arterial/venous thrombotic events such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents (including transient ischemic attack, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction), deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, that occurred within 6 months before randomization;
  12. Patients with hypersensitivity to any of the components of albumin paclitaxel, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide, docetaxel, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab;
  13. Patients with psychiatric disorders;
  14. Subjects who are participating in another clinical study or whose first dose was administered less than 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives of the study drug) from the end of the previous clinical study (last dose) ;
  15. The investigator judges other situations that may affect the clinical research and the judgment of the research results and are not suitable for inclusion in the research.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2,413 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    TCbHP

    HER2-positive breast cancer

    Drug: Docetaxel · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Trastuzumab · Drug: Pertuzumab

  • Experimental
    nPCbHP

    HER2-positive breast cancer

    Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Trastuzumab · Drug: Pertuzumab · Drug: Nab paclitaxel

  • Active comparator
    EC-T

    Luminal breast cancer (HER2-, more than 4 lymph node metastases), and triple negative breast cancer

    Drug: Epirubicin · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Docetaxel

  • Experimental
    ddEC-wnP

    Luminal breast cancer (HER2-, more than 4 lymph node metastases), and triple negative breast cancer

    Drug: Epirubicin · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Nab paclitaxel

  • Active comparator
    TC

    Luminal breast cancer (HER2-, with 1-3 lymph nodes)

    Drug: Docetaxel · Drug: Cyclophosphamide

  • Experimental
    nPC

    Luminal breast cancer (HER2-, with 1-3 lymph nodes)

    Drug: Nab paclitaxel · Drug: Cyclophosphamide

Interventions

  • DrugDocetaxel

    75 mg/m2, d1, q3w,6 cycles

  • DrugCarboplatin

    AUC 6, d1, q3w,6 cycles

  • DrugTrastuzumab

    starting dose 8 mg/kg, maintenance dose 6 mg/kg, d1, q3w,6 cycles

  • DrugPertuzumab

    starting dose of 840 mg, maintenance dose of 420 mg, d1, q3w ,6 cycles

  • DrugNab paclitaxel

    220 mg/m2, d1, q3w,6 cycles

  • DrugEpirubicin

    90 mg/m2, d1, q3w ,4 cycles ,followed by docetaxel

  • DrugCyclophosphamide

    600 mg/m2, d1, q3w × 4 cycles followed by docetaxel

  • DrugDocetaxel

    100 mg/m2, d1, q3w × 4 cycles

  • DrugEpirubicin

    90 mg/m2,d1, q2w × 4 cycles followed by nab-paclitaxel

  • DrugCyclophosphamide

    600 mg/m2, d1, q2w × 4 cycles followed by nab-paclitaxel

  • DrugNab paclitaxel

    125 mg/m2, d1,8,15, q3w× 4 cycles

  • DrugCyclophosphamide

    600 mg/m2, d1, q3w × 6 cycles

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 5-year DFS

    5-year disease-free survival

    Time frame: 5-years

Other outcomes

  1. DMFS

    distant metastasis-free survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. OS

    overall survival

    Time frame: 10 years

  3. RFS

    recurrence-free survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. Remission rate of neurotoxicity

    Time frame: 5 years

  5. The incidence of other AEs

    Time frame: 5 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Cho E, Wu Q, Rubinstein L, Linden H, Gralow J, Specht J, Gadi V, Ellis G. Adjuvant continuous metronomic adriamycin + cyclophosphamide followed by weekly nab-paclitaxel for high-risk early-stage breast cancer. Breast J. 2018 Jul;24(4):610-614. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13013. Epub 2018 Mar 13. PubMed 29532546 ↗
  • Robert N, Krekow L, Stokoe C, Clawson A, Iglesias J, O'Shaughnessy J. Adjuvant dose-dense doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide followed by dose-dense nab-paclitaxel is safe in women with early-stage breast cancer: a pilot study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Jan;125(1):115-20. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1187-2. Epub 2010 Oct 14. PubMed 20945091 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 1, 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
NCT05420467
Lead sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 15, 2022
Start date
Jul 10, 2022 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jul 10, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 20, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 1, 2022

Study contacts

Yiding CHEN
Contact
ydchen@zju.edu.cn
13605719519
Huihui CHEN
Contact
huihuicyj@zju.edu.cn
571-87784527

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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