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Active, not recruitingNCT05498896BARBICANUpdated May 8, 2026

Investigate the Contribution of Ipatasertib to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Atezolizumab in TNBC

A Phase 2 interventional study of Atezolizumab and Ipatasertib in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, sponsored by Queen Mary University of London. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-08.

Sponsored by Queen Mary University of London · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Dec 2018, registered Feb 2020).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
146
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

International, randomised, open label, neo-adjuvant phase II trial in women with newly diagnosed, non-metastatic, high-risk (node positive and/or tumour size ≥ 2cm), triple negative breast cancer. The study aims to evaluate the effects of adding ipatasertib to chemotherapy and atezolizumab in patients with and without PI3CA/AKT1/PTEN genetic alterations.

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Conditions studied

  • Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Keywords

  • PI3CA/AKT1/PTEN genetic alterations
  • Newly diagnosed TNBC
  • Ipatasertib
  • Atezolizumab
  • Neo-adjuvant
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In context

Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

1,140 studies on the registry are indexed under Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; 443 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 146 is above the median of 61 across 982 interventional studies indexed under Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Queen Mary University of London is the lead sponsor of 250 studies on the registry; 59 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Willing and able to provide written informed consent prior to study entry
  2. Female ≥ 18 years of age
  3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 to 1
  4. Histologically confirmed TNBC
  5. Node-positive (cT1-4 cN1-2 M0) and/or tumour size ≥2 cm (cT2-T4 cN0-2 M0) with no prior treatment
  6. Adequate haematologic and end-organ function .
  7. Patients of childbearing potential are eligible provided they have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test. Patients must agree to use adequate contraception
  8. Ability to comply with the protocol
  9. Representative formalin-fixed paraffin embedded breast tumour samples with an associated pathology report, determined to be available and sufficient for central testing OR tumour accessible for biopsy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Evidence of metastatic breast cancer.
  2. Any systemic therapy (e.g. chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immune-therapy) or radiotherapy for current breast cancer disease before study entry
  3. Prior exposure to any CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, including antiCTLA-4, anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibody
  4. Concurrent bilateral invasive breast cancer
  5. Inflammatory breast cancer
  6. Active malignancy (except for non-melanoma skin cancer, or histologically confirmed complete excision of carcinoma in-situ) within the past 36 months prior to study entry
  7. Major surgery within the last 28 days or anticipation of the need for major surgery during study treatment
  8. Known intolerance to any of the study drugs (ie, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide) or any of their excipients
  9. Pre-existing peripheral neuropathy grade ≥ 2
  10. History of autoimmune disease
  11. History of Type I or Type II diabetes mellitus requiring insulin. Patients who are on a stable dose of oral diabetes medication ≥ 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment are eligible for enrolment
  12. History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or organising pneumonia
  13. History of HIV infection
  14. Known active hepatitis infection or hepatitis C.
  15. Active tuberculosis

19. Current treatment with anti-viral therapy for HBV

20. Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to initiation of study treatment

21. Patients receiving concomitant immunosuppressive agents or chronic systemic corticosteroids (≥10 mg prednisolone or an equivalent dose of other anti-inflammatory corticosteroids) use for ≥28 days at the time of study entry.

22. Significant cardiovascular disease

16. Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment

23. Any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding that, in the investigator's opinion, gives reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug, may affect the interpretation of the results, render the patient at high risk from treatment complications or interferes with obtaining informed consent

24. Psychological, familial, sociological or geographical conditions that do not permit compliance with the study protocol

25. Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to study entry

26. Treatment with strong CYP3A inhibitors or strong CYP3A inducers within 2 weeks or 5 drug-elimination half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to initiation of study drug

27. Persistent toxicities (≥CTCAE grade 2) caused by previous cancer therapy, excluding alopecia and peripheral neuropathy

28. Pregnant or nursing women

29. Inability to swallow medication or malabsorption condition that would alter the absorption of orally administered medications

30. Clinically significant abnormalities of glucose metabolism

31. History of or active inflammatory bowel disease or active bowel inflammation

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Other
    Atezolizumab + Chemotherapy

    Atezolizumab (1200mg IV Q3W x 1 cycle) followed by Paclitaxel (80 mg/m2 Q1W x 12) plus Atezolizumab 840 mg (Q2W x 6) followed by Doxorubicin (60 mg/m2) plus Cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m2 Q2W x 4) plus Atezolizumab (840 mg Q2W x 4)

    Drug: Atezolizumab · Drug: Paclitaxel · Drug: Doxorubicin · Drug: Cyclophosphamide

  • Experimental
    Atezolizumab + Chemotherapy + Ipatasertib

    Atezolizumab (1200 mg, Q3W x 1 cycle), plus Ipatasertib (400 mg OD, days 1-14) followed by Paclitaxel (80 mg/m2 Q1W x 12) plus Atezolizumab (840 mg Q2W x 6), plus Ipatasertib, (400 mg OD, days 1-21 Q4W) followed by Doxorubicin (60 mg/m2) plus Cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m2 Q2W x 4) plus Atezolizumab (840 mg Q2W x 4).

    Drug: Atezolizumab · Drug: Ipatasertib · Drug: Paclitaxel · Drug: Doxorubicin · Drug: Cyclophosphamide

Interventions

  • DrugAtezolizumab

    IV infusion

    Also known as: Tecentriq

  • DrugIpatasertib

    Oral

  • DrugPaclitaxel

    IV infusion

  • DrugDoxorubicin

    IV infusion

  • DrugCyclophosphamide

    IV infusion

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. pCR

    pCR defined as no microscopic evidence of residual invasive tumour

    Time frame: Time of definitive surgery (6 months after start of treatment)

Secondary outcomes

  1. ORR

    ORR as assessed by RECIST 1.1 principles, defined as percentage of subjects with best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) in the relevant analysis population.

    Time frame: 5 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Barts Health NHS Trust
    London, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Publications

  • P. Schmid, F.J. Salvador Bofill, B. Bermejo, et al. BARBICAN: A randomized, phase II study to determine the contribution of ipatasertib to neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus atezolizumab in women with triple-negative breast cancer. Annals of Oncology (2021) 32 (suppl_5): S407-S446. 10.1016/annonc/annonc687
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 8, 2026, 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
NCT05498896
Lead sponsor
Queen Mary University of London
Collaborators
Westdeutsche Studiengruppe GmbH (WSG), MedSIR, Hoffmann-La Roche
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 12, 2022
Start date
Dec 19, 2018
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 31, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 8, 2026

Study contacts

Peter Schmid
study chair · Queen Mary University of London

Oversight

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