About this trial
Phase II, randomized, Active-controlled open label trial for treatment of high risk, HR-/HER2- (triple negative) breast cancer, with two sequences of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on a background of pembrolizumab
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial. The subject may also provide consent for Future Biomedical Research. However, the subject may participate in the main trial without participating in Future Biomedical Research.
Be a female or male participant who is at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent.
Have locally histologically confirmed diagnosis of invasive carcinoma of the breast that is classified as TNBC, as defined by the most recent ASCO/CAP guidelines.
Has locally confirmed tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (stromal) (sTILs) equal to or above 10%, as defined by the most recent International Guidelines on TIL Assessment in Breast Cancer.
Disqualifiers
Has a history of invasive malignancy ≤5 years prior to signing informed consent except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer.
Has received prior chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and radiation therapy within the past 12 months.
Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137).
Is currently participating in or has participated in an interventional clinical trial with an investigational compound or device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment in this current trial.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Pembrolizumab injection