Pyrotinib, Trastuzumab, Pertuzumab and Nab-paclitaxel as Neoadjuvant Therapy in HER2-positive Breast Cancer

A Randomised, Multicenter, Open-label, Phase II Study Evaluating Pyrotinib Plus Trastuzumab, Pertuzumab and Nab-paclitaxel as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Early Stage or Locally Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) 2 - Positive Breast Cancer

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pyrotinib in combination with trastuzumab, pertuzumab and nab-paclitaxel as neoadjuvant therapy in early stage or locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Breast Cancer Invasive
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Surgery; Drug: Pyrotinib; Drug: Trastuzumab; Drug: Pertuzumab; Drug: Nab-paclitaxel; Drug: EC chemotherapy; Drug: Physician's choice; Drug: T-DM1

Detailed Description

The study evaluate the pathological complete response rate, event-free survival, disease-free survival, overall survival and safety of pyrotinib in combination with trastuzumab, pertuzumab and nab-paclitaxel as neoadjuvant therapy in early stage or locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. Patients will receive 4 cycles of pyrotinib in combination with trastuzumab, pertuzumab and nab-paclitaxel or 4 cycles of trastuzumab, pertuzumab and nab-paclitaxel as neoadjuvant therapy, then undergo surgery, then receive adjuvant chemotherapy and targeted therapy according to pathologic response and physician's choice.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 216
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Shanghai
    • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200025
      • Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• With signed consent
• Histologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma with a primary tumor size of no less than (≥) 2 centimeters (cm) by standard local assessment technique
• Breast cancer stage at presentation: stage II-III
• HER2-positive breast cancer defined as 3+ score by immunohistochemistry in > 10 percent (%) of immunoreactive cells or HER2 gene amplification by in situ hybridization
• Known hormone receptor status (estrogen receptor and/or progesterone receptor)
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status equal to or less than (<=) 1
• Baseline left ventricular ejection fracture >= 50% measured by echocardiography
• Willing to use highly effective form of nonhormonal contraception while on study and for 7 months after end of study treatment for female with fertility or male
• Willing to obey the study protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

• Stage IV disease
• Previous anti-cancer therapy or radiotherapy for any malignancy
• History of other malignancy within 5 years prior to screening, except for appropriately-treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, ,Stage I uterine cancer or thyroid papillary microcarcinoma
• Concurrent anti-cancer treatment in another investigational trial, including hormone therapy, bisphosphonate therapy, or immunotherapy
• Major surgical procedure unrelated to breast cancer within 4 weeks prior to randomization or from which the participant has not fully recovered
• Serious cardiac illness or medical condition
• Other concurrent serious diseases that may interfere with planned treatment, including severe pulmonary conditions/illness
• Any abnormalities in liver, kidney or hematologic function laboratory tests immediately prior to randomization
• Sensitivity to any of the study medications, any of the ingredients or excipients of these medications, or benzyl alcohol
• Not able to swallow the drug
• Pregnant or lactating
• Positive serum or urine pregnancy test or above mentioned tests cannot be achieved for women with fertility

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pyrotinib, trastuzumab, pertuzmab and paclitaxel; Prior to surgery: pyrotinib, trastuzumab, pertuzumab and nab-paclitaxel for 4 cycles (1 cycle = 21 days). After surgery： if non-tpCR：chemotherapy with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC), followed with pertuzumab and trastuzumab up to 1 year total; or T-DM1 for 14 cycles.; if tpCR: chemotherapy 0-4 cycles according to physician's choice, followed with pertuzumab and trastuzumab up to 1 year total.	Procedure: Surgery; All participants who are eligible for surgery will undergo surgery and have their pathologic response evaluated.; Drug: Pyrotinib; Pyrotinib 400 mg taken orally everyday, every 3 weeks, for 4 cycles.; Drug: Trastuzumab; Trastuzumab IV infusion in 3-week cycles. Neoadjuvant treatment: 8 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) loading dose for Cycle 1, followed by 6 mg/kg for Cycles 2-4. Adjuvant treatment: 8 mg/kg loading dose, followed by 6 mg/kg for remaining cycles till completion of 1 year trastuzumab; Drug: Pertuzumab; Pertuzumab IV infusion in 3-week cycles. Neoadjuvant treatment: 840 milligrams (mg) loading dose for Cycle 1, followed by 420 mg for Cycles 2-4. Adjuvant treatment: 840 mg loading dose, followed by 420mg for remaining cycles till completion of 1 year pertuzumab; Drug: Nab-paclitaxel; Nab-paclitaxel 100mg/m2 by intravenous (IV) infusion on day1, day8 and day15, every 3 weeks, for 4 cycles.; Drug: EC chemotherapy; Epirubicin 90 mg/m2, and cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m2 by intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks for 4 cycles (Cycles 5-8); Drug: Physician's choice; Physician decided chemotherapy for 0-4 cycles.; Drug: T-DM1; T-DM1 IV infusion in 3-week cycles. 3.6 mg/kg by intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks for 14 cycles
Active Comparator: Trastuzumab, pertuzmab and paclitaxel; Prior to surgery: trastuzumab, pertuzumab and nab-paclitaxel for 4 cycles (1 cycle = 21 days). After surgery： if non-tpCR：chemotherapy with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC), followed with pertuzumab and trastuzumab up to 1 year total; or T-DM1 for 14 cycles.; if tpCR: chemotherapy 0-4 cycles according to physician's choice; followed with pertuzumab and trastuzumab up to 1 year total.	Procedure: Surgery; All participants who are eligible for surgery will undergo surgery and have their pathologic response evaluated.; Drug: Trastuzumab; Trastuzumab IV infusion in 3-week cycles. Neoadjuvant treatment: 8 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) loading dose for Cycle 1, followed by 6 mg/kg for Cycles 2-4. Adjuvant treatment: 8 mg/kg loading dose, followed by 6 mg/kg for remaining cycles till completion of 1 year trastuzumab; Drug: Pertuzumab; Pertuzumab IV infusion in 3-week cycles. Neoadjuvant treatment: 840 milligrams (mg) loading dose for Cycle 1, followed by 420 mg for Cycles 2-4. Adjuvant treatment: 840 mg loading dose, followed by 420mg for remaining cycles till completion of 1 year pertuzumab; Drug: Nab-paclitaxel; Nab-paclitaxel 100mg/m2 by intravenous (IV) infusion on day1, day8 and day15, every 3 weeks, for 4 cycles.; Drug: EC chemotherapy; Epirubicin 90 mg/m2, and cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m2 by intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks for 4 cycles (Cycles 5-8); Drug: Physician's choice; Physician decided chemotherapy for 0-4 cycles.; Drug: T-DM1; T-DM1 IV infusion in 3-week cycles. 3.6 mg/kg by intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks for 14 cycles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Total Pathologic Complete Response (tpCR)	tpCR is defined as the absence of any residual invasive cancer on hematoxylin and eosin evaluation of the resected breast specimen and all sampled ipsilateral lymph nodes after completion of neoadjuvant therapy and surgery (that is, ypT0/is, ypN0, in accordance with the current American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] staging system).The duration of one treatment cycle is 21 days.	After completion of 4 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy. The duration of one treatment cycle is 21 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Breast Pathologic Complete Response (bpCR)	bpCR is defined as the absence of any residual invasive cancer on the hematoxylin and eosin evaluation of the resected breast specimen after completion of neoadjuvant therapy and surgery (that is, ypT0/is, in accordance with current AJCC staging system).The duration of one treatment cycle is 21 days.	After completion of 4 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy The duration of one treatment cycle is 21 days. at the time of surgery
Clinical response	Percentage of Participants With Complete Response, Partial Response, Stable Disease, or Progressive Disease During Cycles 1-4, According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1. The duration of one treatment cycle is 21 days.	Cycle 1-4. The duration of one treatment cycle is 21 days.
Event-free survival (EFS)	EFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first documentation of one of the following events: Disease progression (before surgery) as determined by the investigator with use of RECIST v1.1 Any evidence of contralateral disease in situ was not identified as progressive disease; Disease recurrence (local, regional, distant, or contralateral) after surgery; Death from any cause.	From Baseline to EFS event or date last known to be alive and event-free (up to 5 years)
Disease-free survival (DFS)	DFS was defined as the time from first date of no disease (i.e., date of surgery) to first documentation of one of the following events: Disease recurrence (local, regional, distant, or contralateral) after surgery. Any evidence of contralateral disease in situ was not identified as disease recurrence; Death from any cause.	From surgery to DFS event or date last known to be alive and event-free (up to 5 years)
Overall survival (OS)	OS was defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause.	From Baseline to OS event or date last known to be alive (up to 5 years)

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With At Least One Adverse Event During Treatment Period	The percentage of participants who experienced at least one adverse event during the neoadjuvant period, surgery, adjuvant treatment period.	From randomization to 30 days after completion of study treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
• Collaborators: Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd.
• Investigators: Study Chair: Kunwei Shen, MD,PhD, Ruijin Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 30, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 19, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): May 22, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 31, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 28, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: HER2-positive; Stage II-III
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Paclitaxel; Trastuzumab; Pertuzumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: RJBC2001

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