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RecruitingNCT06150898KePreStUpdated Jun 13, 2025

Ketorolac and Pregabalin Effects on breaSt Cancer (KePreSt)

A Phase 2 interventional study of Prospective data and sample collection and Ketorolac 10 Mg Oral Tablet in Early-stage Breast Cancer and Estrogen-receptor-positive Breast Cancer, sponsored by Jules Bordet Institute. Recruiting at 1 site in Belgium. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-06-13.

Sponsored by Jules Bordet Institute · Phase 2, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2025; still recruiting 1 year 4 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
112
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Out of all proportion to its short duration, the perioperative period is critical in determining the long-term outcome of cancer.

To contribute to a better understanding of the neural and inflammatory mechanisms underlying this issue, we aim to implement a novel intervention based on the preoperative use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with or without an anti-epileptic drug.

Our goal is to understand and transform the perioperative window from being a facilitator of metastatic progression to arresting and/or eliminating residual disease using repurposing drugs

Read the detailed description

The perioperative period presents a unique window of therapeutic opportunities to counteract minimal residual growth and dormancy escape of cancer cells. The main physiological disturbances induced by the surgery, that enhance the tumoral growth in the perioperative period, are due to the neuronal and inflammatory signaling.

We propose a therapeutic modelling of the inflammatory and neurological pathways in a phase II trial using ketorolac and pregabalin, alone or in combination. Ketorolac, a non-selective NSAIDs will target cyclooxygenase (COX)-enzymes, while pregabalin, an anti-epileptic drug will regulates the release of neurotransmitters. Moreover, both drugs have an effect on the postoperative pain and pregabalin has anxiolytic property. Thanks to this study, and through specific blockade, we want to understand how nervous and inflammatory systems remodel the tumour and systemic characteristics. To ensure an integrative analysis of those factors, patient's adiposity as well as other confounding variable will be taken into account.

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Conditions studied

  • Early-stage Breast Cancer
  • Estrogen-receptor-positive Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • Surgery
  • Inflammation
  • Breast cancer
  • Neuronal features
  • Ketorolac
  • Pregabalin
  • Adiposity
  • Neurotransmitter
  • Nerves
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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 112 is above the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Jules Bordet Institute is the lead sponsor of 103 studies on the registry; 28 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

Subjects must meet all of the following criteria in order to be eligible for this study:

  1. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 70 years old
  2. Female
  3. Weight ≥ 35 kg
  4. Histological diagnosis of invasive breast adenocarcinoma that is estrogen receptor positive as per the updated American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines according to local testing with ER-positive is defined as having an immunohistochemistry (IHC) of 1% or more and/or Allred score of 3 or more
  5. Tumour size ≥ 1.5 cm, determined by diagnostic ultrasound or MRI/CT scan.
  6. Stage I, II or III disease (non-metastatic)
  7. In case of multifocal, multicentric unilateral or bilateral breast: Adenocarcinoma tumours are allowed provided that all foci are ER+ according to local testing
  8. Subject scheduled for a primary breast cancer surgery
  9. Subject is willing to provide plasma/blood and tumour samples for translational research.
  10. Subject is willing to provide tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of the tumour that should be evaluable for central histological characterization and future molecular testing
  11. Subject is willing to take omeprazole and has no contraindication to omeprazole.
  12. Have an HEMSTOP score\<2 and conventional coagulation screening test within normal limits such as activated partial thromboplastin time (21.6\< aPTT >28.7), international normalised ratio (1.31\<INR) and platelet count (>100.10³/ml)
  13. Women of childbearing potential must agree to use of one highly effective method of contraception prior study entry, during the course of the study and at least one months after the last administration of study treatment.
  14. Negative serum pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential (within 30 days before start of treatment)
  15. Subject is willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects meeting one of the following criteria are not eligible for this study:

  1. Subject planned for intraoperative radiotherapy
  2. Subject planned for immediate reconstruction
  3. Neoadjuvant BC therapy
  4. Allergy to any NSAID or gabapentinoïd
  5. Known hypersensitivity reactions to the investigational treatments, or any excipients or auxiliary medicinal products or concomitant medications. Hypersensitive to peanut or soya (related to propofol contraindications)
  6. Current use of the antidiabetic agent thiazolidinedione (related to interaction with pregabalin), lithium salts, probenecid, pentoxifylline or intensive diuretic therapy.
  7. Current NSAID (> twice a week the year prior to diagnosis) or pregabalin use
  8. Previous malignant pathology within 5 years prior to inclusion or currently undergoing maintenance therapy. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that have undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
  9. Active or history of peptic ulcer disease or gastro-intestinal bleeding or perforation
  10. Pregnancy or lactating women
  11. Chronic inflammatory disease as rheumatoid arthritis, uncontrolled asthma, chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory myopathies (e.g., idiopathic polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis), inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), McArdle's disease, multiple sclerosis, lupus, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, psoriasis, autoimmune thyroiditis as Graves' disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis (unless previous surgical ablation), myasthenia gravis, vasculitis.
  12. Complete or partial nasal polyposis syndrome, Quincke's oedema, bronchospasm, asthma
  13. Known chronic infectious disease as active hepatitis B (defined as positive serology for Ac anti-HBc and IgM anti HBc OR Ac anti HBc and Ag HBs), active hepatitis C (defined as positive serology for anti-VHC and positive PCR-VHC) or active tuberculosis (included under treatment)
  14. Uncontrolled HIV infection (defined as detectable viral loads by standard clinical assays) or controlled HIV infection (defined undetectable HIV viral loads by standard clinical assays) treated by one of following drugs: Nelfinavir, Atazanavir or Saquinavir (related to interaction with omeprazole).
  15. Infection currently treated with one of the following drugs: posaconazole, voriconazole, ketoconazole and rifampicin, unless discontinuation of treatment is planned at least 10 days prior to the start of study treatment AND with complete resolution according to expert opinion (related to interaction with omeprazole)
  16. Inadequate liver function (defined as total serum bilirubin ≥ 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN\<1.2 mg/dl) - unless documented Gilbert syndrome- AND Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ 2 x ULN (ULN \<32 UI/l and ULN \<33 UI/l, respectively) AND Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≥ 2.5 x ULN (ULN=104 UI/l))
  17. Cirrhosis or severe hepatitis.
  18. Renal impairment (defined as GFR\<90ml/min/1.73m² or serum creatinine > 442 μmol/l or > 5 mg/dL) or single kidney or previous renal surgery
  19. Subject with history of (severe) renal toxicity with an NSAID
  20. Subject with a recent history of operations associated with a high risk of bleeding
  21. Previous, ongoing or suspected cardiovascular disease defined as history of ischemic heart disease or heart failure or uncontrolled high blood pressure (Systolic ≥160mmHg and/or diastolic ≥100mmHg) or peripheral arterial disease or cerebrovascular disease
  22. Subject with a recent history of surgery associated with a high risk of bleeding
  23. Hemostasis disorder as haemophilia, Von Willebrand disease, constitutional thrombopathies or thrombocytopenia (defined as platelet count \< 100 000/mm³), current /planned anticoagulant or anti-platelet therapy.
  24. Inadequate bone marrow function (defined as absolute neutrophil count \<1000/μL and platelet count \<100'000/μL)
  25. Systemic immunosuppressive treatment (defined as systemic corticotherapy or anti-rejection treatment or interferon therapy) within the 2-years prior diagnosis
  26. Psychiatric disease or antipsychotic/ antidepressant use
  27. Epilepsy or any current anti-epileptic drug use
  28. Obstructive sleep apnea
  29. ASA≥3
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    No pre-operative treatment

    Control group: Standard of care Number of subjects: 28 (14 lean patients, defined as Body mass index \<25 kg/m², and 14 overweight/obese patients, defined as BMI ≥25 kg/m² )

    Procedure: Prospective data and sample collection · Drug: Omeprazole 20mg Capsule

  • Experimental
    Pre-operative ketorolac

    Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP): Ketorolac Number of subjects: 28 (14 lean patients, defined as Body mass index \<25 kg/m², and 14 overweight/obese patients, defined as BMI ≥25 kg/m² )

    Procedure: Prospective data and sample collection · Drug: Ketorolac 10 Mg Oral Tablet · Drug: Omeprazole 20mg Capsule

  • Experimental
    Pre-operative pregabalin

    Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP): Pregabalin Number of subjects: 28 (14 lean patients, defined as Body mass index \<25 kg/m², and 14 overweight/obese patients, defined as BMI ≥25 kg/m² )

    Procedure: Prospective data and sample collection · Drug: Pregabalin 75mg · Drug: Omeprazole 20mg Capsule

  • Experimental
    Pre-operative ketorolac and pregabalin

    Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs): Ketorolac and pregabalin Number of subjects: 28 (14 lean patients, defined as Body mass index \<25 kg/m², and 14 overweight/obese patients, defined as BMI ≥25 kg/m² )

    Procedure: Prospective data and sample collection · Drug: Ketorolac 10 Mg Oral Tablet · Drug: Pregabalin 75mg · Drug: Omeprazole 20mg Capsule

Interventions

  • ProcedureProspective data and sample collection

    Core-needle biopsy of the breast (pre-treatment), surgical sample collection (post-treatment), extra collection of blood samples (pre- and post-treatment), measurements of adiposity, lifestyle questionaire

  • DrugKetorolac 10 Mg Oral Tablet

    Patients will receive 10 mg film-coated tablets of ketorolac tromethamine three times a day, for five days before the surgery

  • DrugPregabalin 75mg

    Patients will receive 75 mg of pregabalin hard capsule twice a day, for seven days before the surgery

  • DrugOmeprazole 20mg Capsule

    Patients will receive 20 mg of omeprazole once a day on an empty stomach, for five days before the surgery

    Also known as: Auxiliary medicinal product

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. To detect a reduced increase in systemic inflammation (from baseline to up to 24 hours after surgery) using peri-operative ketorolac

    Plasma multiplex technology using cytometric bead arrays

    Time frame: Up to 24 hours after surgery

  2. To detect a reduced increase in systemic neurotransmitters (from baseline to up to 24 hours after surgery) using peri-operative pregabalin

    Liquid Chromatography coupled to tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

    Time frame: Up to 24 hours after surgery

  3. Change in biomarkers of metastasis at surgery from baseline

    Transcriptome profile and bioinformatic analysis

    Time frame: At surgery

  4. Change in tumoral immune cells recruitment at surgery from baseline

    Characterization of Tumour-infiltrating leukocyte subpopulations using RNA sequencing analysis from fresh frozen tissue sections

    Time frame: At surgery

  5. Change in tumoral neurogenesis at surgery from baseline

    Level of neurogenesis markers using RNA sequencing analysis from fresh frozen tissue section

    Time frame: At surgery

  6. Change in tumoral neurotransmitters level at surgery from baseline

    Using RNA sequencing analysis from fresh frozen tissue sections

    Time frame: At surgery

  7. Change in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells at surgery from baseline

    Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis

    Time frame: At surgery

  8. Change in systemic neuro-inflammatory mediators at surgery from baseline

    Plasma multiplex technology using cytometric bead arrays

    Time frame: At surgery

  9. Change in systemic neurotransmitters at surgery from baseline

    Plasma multiplex technology using cytometric bead arrays

    Time frame: At surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in anxiety level at surgery from baseline

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD - 7) Anxiety score (natural number, range\[0 - 21\]. A score comprised between 0 - 4 indicates a minimal anxiety, 5-9 a mild anxiety, 10-14 a moderate anxiety and a 15-21 in a severe anxiety.

    Time frame: At surgery

  2. Post-operative pain

    Consumption of morphine delivered by a programmable patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusion pump (number of requested and effectively delivered bolus/ 24h)

    Time frame: Up to 48 hours after surgery

Other outcomes

  1. Body Mass Index

    Calculated: body mass (kg) divided by height squared (m²)

    Time frame: The day before surgery

  2. Body composition

    Calculated from multiple frequency bio-impedance measurements (in %, range \[0 - 100\])

    Time frame: The day before surgery

  3. Waist-to-hip ratio

    Waist circumference (cm) divided by hip circumference (cm)

    Time frame: The day before surgery

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites 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 Jun 13, 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
NCT06150898
Lead sponsor
Jules Bordet Institute
Collaborators
KU Leuven
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 29, 2023
Start date
May 12, 2025
Primary completion
Apr 20, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 13, 2025

Study contacts

Imane Bachir, MD
Contact
imane.bachir@bordet.be
+3225413601
Marion Maetens, PhD
Contact
marion.maetens@kuleuven.be
+3216321194
Christine Desmedt, PhD
study chair · KU Leuven
Imane Bachir, MD
study chair · Jules Bordet Institute

Oversight

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