CTC Changes and Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Triple-negative Breast Cancer

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-01

Study Completion Date

2024-08-31

Brief Summary

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Chemotherapy before operation for malignant tumors can reduce the size of tumors to a certain extent, even eliminate micrometastases. Chemotherapy can also detect the sensitivity of chemotherapeutic drugs and create opportunities for breast-conserving or surgical treatment for patients. This may lead to high survival opportunities for triple-negative breast cancer patients who are not sensitive to targeted therapy or endocrine therapy. However, during neoadjuvant therapy, CT or MRI tests are needed to monitor the patient's condition. Therefore, if there is any deterioration, to consider changing the treatment regimen or immediately carrying out surgery is necessary. However, because of the need for multiple imaging examinations during neoadjuvant therapy, which will increase medical costs, to explore a cheaper examination method is necessary . Circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood are derived from the shedding of breast cancer lesions. Detection of these circulating tumor cells may monitor the therapeutic effect on breast cancer, and the cost of detecting circulating tumor cells is much lower than that of conventional PET-CT, which can obviously reduce the medical costs of patients. However, there is no clinical study on the changes of circulating tumor cells and the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer in and outside China.

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Detailed Description

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Triple-negative breast cancer refers to breast cancer with negative human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor. Triple-negative breast cancer has poor differentiation, high invasiveness and high recurrence rate, accounting for 15.0%-23.8% of breast cancer. Due to the phenotypic specificity of triple-negative breast cancer, both targeted therapy and endocrine therapy are insensitive, making chemotherapy an important part in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.

In 1982, Frei proposed the concept of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which is to apply chemotherapy before surgery for malignant tumors. Chemotherapy can reduce the size of tumors to some extent, even eliminate micrometastases, detect the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs, and create opportunities for patients to have breast-conserving or surgical treatment. For triple-negative breast cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy with synchronous combination of anthracyclines and taxanes or intensive sequential combination of anthracyclines and taxanes is the first choice. Simultaneously, chemotherapeutic drugs such as platinum, albumin, and paclitaxel as well as poly-ADP-ribose polymerase inhibitors can be added according to the patient's condition. However, during neoadjuvant therapy, a CT or MRI test is needed to monitor the patient's condition, so if there is any deterioration, to consider changing the treatment plan or immediately performing surgery is necessary. However, because of the need for multiple imaging examinations during neoadjuvant therapy, which increases the medical costs, to explore a low cost inspection method is necessary.

Circulating tumor cells are a new type of tumor molecular marker. Circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood originate from breast cancer (primary and metastatic lesions) shedding. Detection of these circulating tumor cells may monitor the therapeutic effect on breast cancer. The cost of detecting circulating tumor cells is much lower than that of conventional PET-CT, which can noticeably reduce medical expenses of patients. However, there is no clinical study on the changes of circulating tumor cells and the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer in and outside China. This study aims to explore the correlation between the changes of circulating tumor cells and the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer, and to compare the time intervals between the changes of circulating tumor cells and the changes of efficacy in patients with different sensitivities of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, so as to provide experimental evidence for predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy by observing the changes of circulating tumor cells in clinic.

Conditions

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Breast Neoplasms

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Sensitivity group

100 patients will be assigned into sensitivity group according to the actual situation of them.

Taxanes or/and anthracycline-based therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Taxanes or/and anthracycline-based therapy will be used in this group. That is, intravenous injection of 90 mg/m2 epirubicin (trade name: Pharmorubicin, Pfizer, Shanghai, China; drug approval number: H20100155) + 135 mg/m2 paclitaxel liposome (trade name: Taxotere, Sanofi (Hangzhou) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China; drug approval number: J20090104), every 3 weeks as a course of treatment. The efficacy will be evaluated every 2 courses. After the 6th course, mastectomy will be performed according to the patient's conditions.

Drug resistance group

100 patients will be assigned into drug resistance according to the actual situation of them.

Taxanes or/and anthracycline-based therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Taxanes or/and anthracycline-based therapy will be used in this group. That is, intravenous injection of 90 mg/m2 epirubicin (trade name: Pharmorubicin, Pfizer, Shanghai, China; drug approval number: H20100155) + 135 mg/m2 paclitaxel liposome (trade name: Taxotere, Sanofi (Hangzhou) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China; drug approval number: J20090104), every 3 weeks as a course of treatment. The efficacy will be evaluated every 2 courses. After the 6th course, mastectomy will be performed according to the patient's conditions.

Interventions

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Taxanes or/and anthracycline-based therapy

Taxanes or/and anthracycline-based therapy will be used in this group. That is, intravenous injection of 90 mg/m2 epirubicin (trade name: Pharmorubicin, Pfizer, Shanghai, China; drug approval number: H20100155) + 135 mg/m2 paclitaxel liposome (trade name: Taxotere, Sanofi (Hangzhou) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China; drug approval number: J20090104), every 3 weeks as a course of treatment. The efficacy will be evaluated every 2 courses. After the 6th course, mastectomy will be performed according to the patient's conditions.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* triple-negative breast cancer confirmed by breast biopsy;
* stage III breast cancer (IIIA-C) assessed by CT or MRI;
* neoadjuvant chemotherapy;
* informed consent of patients and their family members.

Exclusion Criteria

* use of second-line chemotherapy regimen;
* bilateral breast cancer;
* inflammatory breast cancer;
* pregnant or breast-feeding;
* distant metastasis;
* a history of other cancers or chest radiotherapy;
* a history of abnormal blood test or other infectious symptoms.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No