About this trial
Pilot trial of the IL-4 receptor antagonist dupilumab plus pembrolizumab, paclitaxel, and carboplatin in locally advanced triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Primary Objective: To assess the safety of neoadjuvant dupilumab and pembrolizumab plus weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin as measured by the proportion of severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in patients with locally advanced TNBC.
Secondary Objectives: To determine the rates of pathologic complete response with the addition of dupilumab to NAC and pembrolizumab; to determine the rate of residual cancer burden 0-1; to estimate the recurrence-free survival and overall survival; to assess the toxicity of the combination of dupilumab, pembrolizumab, and paclitaxel-carboplatin.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with pathologically confirmed diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer, as defined by the most recent ASCO/CAP guidelines.
Patients must have previously untreated, localized TNBC with either tumor size ≥ 2 centimeters (T2-4N0) or lymph node involvement with at least a 1cm tumor (T1c-T4N1-3).
Patients must have previously untreated disease with no prior definitive breast surgery, radiation therapy, or systemic chemotherapy with therapeutic intent for this breast cancer.
Patients must be eligible to receive chemotherapy agents in the study including paclitaxel and carboplatin.
Disqualifiers
Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to entering the study or any treatment with therapeutic intent for the breast cancer.
Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents.
Patients who have any distant metastases and considered to have Stage IV disease.
Patients who have a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or are receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment. Patients on chronic steroids (more than 4 weeks at stable dose) equivalent to ≤ 10mg prednisone will not be excluded.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Dupilumab
- Pembrolizumab
- Paclitaxel
- Carboplatin
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Rima Patel
Lead sponsor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sponsor institution