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Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy Compared to Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

Phase 1
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Female Breast Cancer
Interventions
Drug: Hormonal Antineoplastics
Drug: Chemotherapy drug
Registration Number
NCT05755581
Lead Sponsor
Sohag University
Brief Summary

Eligible patients will be divided into two groups; one will receive neoadjuvant endocrine therapy and the other one will receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomized into two groups:

The first group (Arm A) will receive NCT; (Any approved Chemotherapy protocol by guidelines.

The second group(Arm B) will receive NET; GnRH analog Goserelin acetate 3.6 mg every 4 weeks with tamoxifen 20 mg daily for premenopausal patients or an aromatase inhibitor for postmenopausal patients.

* Before and during treatments (every 3 weeks for the NCT group, and every 4 weeks for the NET group), the clinical assessment will be performed for all patients.

* All patients will undergo breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before the start of treatment, after 12 weeks (3 months) of treatment, and after the end of treatment before surgery.

* We will determine the objective tumor response with every measurement method and assess the response according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) version 1.1.

* Treatment will be continued for 19-21 weeks before surgery for the chemotherapy group and 24 weeks for the endocrine therapy group.

* Ki-67 will be assessed using a sample of the core biopsy before treatment and a surgery specimen after treatment.

* Adverse events will be recorded at every patient visit and will be assessed according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0.

* Surgery will be performed between the 24th and 26th week.

* Arm B Patients who will develop PD or SD after 6 months of treatment will be shifted to arm A.

The primary endpoint will be;

* The clinical response rate at the end of neoadjuvant treatment, as will be determined using caliper and MRI measurements.

* A clinical response included either a complete response (CR), a partial response (PR), Progressive Disease (PD), or Stable Disease (SD) according to the (RECIST) version 1.1.

Secondary endpoints will be;

* The rate of pathological complete response (pCR).

* The rate of breast conservation surgery.

* Ki-67 changes.

* The length of time to maximum response within a treatment period.

* The Adverse events associated with each treatment arm.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Any histological type of invasive breast cancer. All grades of breast cancer (I, II, III). ER-positive and/or PR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. ER and/or PR level of positivity ≥34 % (score 4 according to modified Allred score).

Clinical Stages: any T N1-3, or T2-4 any N, M0.

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Exclusion Criteria
  • Hormone receptor positivity < 34%. inflammatory breast cancer Metastatic breast cancer. Recurrent breast cancer. Other malignancy. Unfit patients for chemotherapy.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy groupHormonal AntineoplasticsPatients in this group will receive neoadjuvant endocrine therapy
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy groupChemotherapy drugPatients in this arm will receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy as usual
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical response rate6 months

The primary endpoint will be; The clinical response rate at the end of neoadjuvant treatment, as will be determined using caliper and MRI measurements according to the (RECIST) version 1.1.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
pathological complete response6 months

The rate of pathological complete response after surgery.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

amal Ali

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Sohag, Egypt

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