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RecruitingNCT06787339CaloriteUpdated Sep 28, 2026

Capecitabine in Low Risk Triple Negative Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Capecitabine in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Fudan University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-28.

Primary conditionTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsRegistry: Breast NeoplasmsReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Breast Neoplasms — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Why
  1. The study's title name Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, a narrower term within Breast Neoplasms.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own title. Of 46 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 72% were exactly right and 89% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 4% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
Wrong?
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Sponsored by Fudan University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2025; still recruiting 1 year 9 months later.
Updated Sep 28, 2026Now RecruitingStart date moved+2 moreGo to Updates ↓

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
198
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 19 studies testing capecitabine in Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms — 8 open to participants now, 11 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Capecitabine · Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms.

Planned enrollment
9th of 19
198 · median 154
Started
2025
with 2 others
Phase 2
13 of 19
6 open now
Primary completion
2028-12
later than 7 of 10 live
Registered
16th of 19
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 19
Fudan University

Among the 19 studies testing capecitabine in Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, this one is the 9th largest by planned enrollment, is one of 3 that started in 2025, is one of 13 in phase 2, reaches primary completion later than 7 of the 10 other live ones, and was the 16th registered.

Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

1,219 studies on the registry are indexed under Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; 445 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

8 of the 19 studies testing capecitabine in Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms are open now, in 5 countries. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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By country, each count listing its studies:

All 8 open studies →

About capecitabine

Capecitabine: first FDA approval 1998 (XELODA), first EMA approval 2001. What it is approved for, and how studies give it, is on its page →

Who these studies take

Of the 331 Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms studies recruiting now, 231 (70%) set no upper age limit and 85 (26%) stop at 75 or younger; 12 take children under 18; 6 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of capecitabine as the only adjuvant chemotherapy drug in patients with low-risk early triple-negative breast cancer who have received adequate local treatment. Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will receive capecitabine metronomic therapy for one year.

Read the detailed description

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of capecitabine as the only adjuvant chemotherapy drug in patients with low-risk T1N0M0 early triple-negative breast cancer who have received adequate local treatment. Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will receive capecitabine metronomic therapy for one year. The low-risk population defined in this study includes the IM subtype with abundant stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, or the LAR subtype with low ki-67 proliferation, or elderly patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • adjuvant chemotherapy de-escalation
  • triple negative breast cancer
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In context

Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms Reclassified

1,219 studies on the registry are indexed under Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; 445 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 198 is above the median of 60 across 1,053 interventional studies indexed under Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Fudan University is the lead sponsor of 1,317 studies on the registry; 645 are open to participants now.

Compared within Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Breast Neoplasms. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Male and female patients aged ≥18 years;
  2. Pathological confirmed of stage I breast cancer: confirmed that the longest diameter of invasive cancer is no more than 2cm and the lymph node is negative (N0);
  3. Histologically documented TNBC after early breast cancer surgery (absence of , ER, and PR expression)
  4. Patients who have undergone standard and adequate surgical treatment;
  5. Has adequate organ function meeting the following criteria: (1) adequate bone marrow function: ≥ 90 g/L (no blood transfusion within 14 days); ≥ 1.5 x 109 /L; count ≥ 100 * 109 /L; (2)adequate liver and kidney function: (ALT) ≤ 3× (ULN), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3×ULN, Total (TBIL)≤ 1.5×ULN, serum creatinine ≤ 1×ULN#and with endogenous rate of >50 ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula);
  6. No evidence of in clinical or imaging examinations before surgery, that is, M0;
  7. score of 0 or 1;
  8. Meeting one of the low-risk criteria defined in this study: a) IM subtype, that is, the proportion of stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes is high or CD8 is high; b) LAR subtype and ki-67 less than 20%; c) Age ≥ 70 years.

8)The patient voluntarily joined the study, signed the form, had good compliance, and cooperated with the follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Has received therapy (include chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiotherapy or endocrine therapy;
  2. Has previous history of additional , with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma and cervical carcinoma in situ;
  3. Has metastic (Stage 4) breast cancer;
  4. Pregnant or breast feeding women, or people of childbearing age who cannot practice effective ;
  5. Patients participating in other clinical trials at the same time;
  6. Has severe organ dysfunction (cardiopulmonary liver and kidney) insufficiency, (LVEF) \< 50% (cardiac ultrasound); severe cardio cerebral vascular disease within the 6 months previous of randomization (such as unstable angina, chronic heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension with blood pressure>150/90mmHg, myocardial infarction, or cerebral blood vessel); diabetic patients with poor blood glucose control; patients with severe hypertension; Has severe or uncontrolled infection; 7) Has a history of psychotropic substance abuse and were unable to abandon drug habits, or those with history of mental disorders; 8)The researchers considered patients to be unsuitable for the study. 9)Has bilateral breast cancer
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(16)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

HER2

HER2 is a protein, made from the ERBB2 gene, that drives the growth of some cancers. A study may look for a level of the protein, extra copies of the gene, or a particular change in it.

In breast cancer, protein tests are read as HER2-positive, HER2-low or HER2-negative; other cancers use their own rules. Check which test result the study requires.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
198 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Capecitabine

    capecitabine metronomic therapy for one year

    Drug: Capecitabine

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. RFS

    recurrence free survival

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. iDFS

    invasive disease-free survival

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. DRFS

    distant relapse-free survival

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. DFS

    disease-free survival

    Time frame: 3 years

  4. OS

    overall survival

    Time frame: 3 years

  5. adverse events

    adverse events according to CTCAE 5.0

    Time frame: 3 years

  6. PRO

    patient reported outcome

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • breast cancer institute of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
    Recruiting
    • Zhimin Shao, MD · Contactzhimingshao@yahoo.com · 86-021-641755901105
    • Yin Liu, MD · Contactliuyinfudan@163.com · 02164175590
    • Zhi-Ming Shao, MD · Principal investigator
    • Yin Liu · Sub investigator
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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jan 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2028, 47 months after the start.

Of 220 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 60 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 38 and three quarters within 99. This study's planned 47 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 255 studies reached it within 59 months; a quarter within 37 and three quarters within 94.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 13, 2025
First posted
Jan 22, 2025
StartActual
Jan 20, 2025
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2028
CompletionEst.
Jan 31, 2030
Last update
Sep 28, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Status
Not yet recruiting→Recruiting
changed Sep 28, 2026
Sites
1 site added, 1 site removed
Show site
  • breast cancer institute of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · Shanghai, China
Show 1 removed
  • breast cancer institute of Fudan University Cancer Hospital · Shanghai, China
Sep 28, 2026
Start date
Jan 15, 2025→Jan 20, 2025 (actual)
Sep 28, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Sep 28, 2026
    Not yet recruiting→Recruiting
    1 site added, 1 site removed
    Show site
    • breast cancer institute of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · Shanghai, China
    Show 1 removed
    • breast cancer institute of Fudan University Cancer Hospital · Shanghai, China
    Start date Jan 15, 2025→Jan 20, 2025 (now actual)
    + 2 other changes: verification date and index terms

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06787339
Lead sponsor
Fudan University
Responsible party
Zhimin Shao (Professor, Fudan University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 22, 2025
Start date
Jan 20, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 31, 2030 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 28, 2026

Study contacts

Zhimin C Shao
Contact
zhimingshao@yahoo.com
02164175590
Yin Liu
Contact
liuyinfudan@163.com
02164175590

Oversight

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