Nab-paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin Versus Nab-paclitaxel Plus Epirubicin in the Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

September 10, 2025 updated by: Cuizhi GENG, Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital

Clinical Study of Nab-paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin Versus Nab-paclitaxel Plus Epirubicin in the Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

This is a multicenter, open, randomized, comparison study. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a term applied to breast cancer cases that have <1% expression of the estrogen receptor (ER) and the progesterone receptor (PR) and do not over express HER2.

Neoadjuvant therapy is often used to reduce the size of tumors, especially in locally advanced tumors. The purpose of this therapy is to make part of patients operable and to facilitate breast-conserving surgery.

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the following two proposals: nab-paclitaxel plus carboplatin versus nab-paclitaxel plus epirubicin, in order to provide support for rational clinical application.

The total number of patients to be included in this study is 520 patients.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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520

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • China
    • Hebei
      • Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, 050011
        • Recruiting
        • The fourth hospital of Hebei Medical University
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Females with age between 18 to 70 years old;
  2. Histologically confirmed primary invasive breast cancer;
  3. Histologically confirmed triple negative breast cancer;
  4. Patients who planned to accept preoperative neoadjuvant therapy and had a mass larger than 2 cm.
  5. Blood specimens and 5 sections of tumor tissue at baseline, blood specimens at surgery can be obtained.
  6. Have at least one measurable lesion as per the RECIST criteria (version 1.1);
  7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to one;
  8. LVEF≥55%；
  9. Bone marrow function：neutrophils (≥1.5×10^9/L), platelets (≥100×10^9/L), hemoglobin (≥90 g/L);
  10. Renal and hepatic function: Serum creatinine≤ 1.5×institutional upper limit of normal (ULN); AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 × ULN; Total bilirubin≤1.5×ULN, or patients with Gilbert's syndrome ≤ 2.5 × ULN;
  11. Patients had good compliance with the planned treatment, understood the research process and written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Previous treatment with any cytotoxic chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, biotherapy or radiotherapy;
  2. Patients with heart disease above grade II (including grade II) identified by New York Heart Association (NYHA) scores;
  3. Patients with severe systemic infection or other serious diseases;
  4. Patients allergic to or intolerant of chemotherapeutic drugs or their adjuvants;
  5. Patients with other malignant tumors in the past five years, except for cured cervical carcinoma in situ and non-melanoma skin cancer;
  6. Pregnancy or lactation, as well as reproductive age patients who refused to take appropriate contraceptive measures in the trial;
  7. Participation in any trial drug treatment or another interventional clinical trial 30 days before first dose was given;
  8. The researchers considered the patients who were not suitable for enrollment.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Nab-paclitaxel + Carboplatin
nab-paclitaxel given IV at 125 mg/m^2 on days 1, 8 and carboplatin given IV at AUC 5 on days 1 every 21 days x 6 cycles；
Drug: Nab-paclitaxel + Carboplatin
nab-paclitaxel given IV at 125 mg/m^2 on days 1, 8 and carboplatin given IV at AUC 5 on days 1 every 21 days x 6 cycles;
Active Comparator: Nab-paclitaxel + Epirubicin
nab-paclitaxel given IV at 125 mg/m^2 on days 1, 8 and epirubicin given IV at 75 mg/m^2 on days 1 every 21 days x 6 cycles；
Drug: Nab-paclitaxel + Epirubicin
nab-paclitaxel given IV at 125 mg/m^2 on days 1, 8 and epirubicin given IV at 75 mg/m^2 on days 1 every 21 days x 6 cycles；

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
pCR (pathological complete response)
Time Frame: 3 years
No residual infiltrating cancer cells were found in surgical specimens of breast and axillary lymph nodes; residual cancer cells in situ in surgical specimens can also be considered to achieve pCR
3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Objective response rate (ORR)
Time Frame: 3 years
3 years
Disease free survival（DFS）
Time Frame: 3 years
3 years
Adverse events (AE)
Time Frame: 3 years
3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
Beijing 302 Hospital
CSPC Ouyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Chair: Zefei Jiang, M.D., Beijing 302 Hospital
  • Study Chair: Cuizhi Geng, M.D., Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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November 20, 2019

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
October 20, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
June 20, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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October 23, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 23, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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October 24, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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September 11, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
September 10, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CSPC-KAL-BC-11

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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