Evaluating and Monitoring Immune and Clinical Responses in Early-Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemo-immunotherapy With Pembrolizumab

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorEmory University

About this trial

This research study is a prospective, single arm, pilot study, designed to evaluate the correlation between the immune and clinical responses of subjects with untreated Stage II-III triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) undergoing standard of care neoadjuvant chemo- immunotherapy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Newly diagnosed, previously untreated, non-metastatic Stage II-III invasive breast cancer

Estrogen receptor IHC expression ≤10%; progesterone receptor IHC expression ≤ 10%; HER2 negative

IHC 0, 1+, or 2+ and In situ hybridization (ISH) non-amplified (ratio of HER2 to CEP17 <2.0 or single probe average HER2 gene copy number <4 signals/cell)

No prior chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, or immunotherapy

Disqualifiers

Pregnant, breastfeeding, or unwilling to practice birth control during participation in the study

Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents or an investigational device within 21 days before administration of first dose of study drugs.

Patients on steroid medications (i.e. prednisone, dexamethasone, etc.) that are not part of the standard pre-medications and/or take home medications that are included as a part of medication regimen for the pre-operative chemo-immunotherapy described in the study.

History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to agents used in this study.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

Emory University

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator