Perjeta: All patients will receive Perjeta® as an IV infusion on Day 1 of the first treatment cycle as a loading dose of 840 mg, followed by 420 mg on Day 1 of each subsequent 3-week cycle. Perjeta® IV should be administered 60 minutes after the end of Herceptin® SC (subcutaneous) administration. An observation period of 30-60 minutes is recommended after each Perjeta® infusion.
Herceptin: All patients will receive a fixed dose of 600 mg, irrespective of the patient's weight, will be administered throughout the treatment phase. All doses of Herceptin® SC will be administered as an SC injection into the thigh by a trained health care professional over a period of 2-5 minutes. No loading dose is required with Herceptin® SC.
Docetaxel: Docetaxel will be administered in line with the respective product information and/or recognized clinical practice guidelines. It will be administered after Herceptin® SC, Perjeta® IV, and carboplatin
Carboplatin: Carboplatin will be administered in line with the respective product information and/or recognized clinical practice guidelines. It will be administered after Herceptin® SC and Perjeta® IV.
Letrozole: Postmenopausal women will receive letrozole 2.5 mg tablet orally once daily beginning on Day 1 and continuing through Day 21 of a 21-day cycle as neoadjuvant therapy.
Tamoxifen: Premenopausal women will receive tamoxifen 20 mg tablet orally once daily beginning on Day 1 and continuing through Day 21 of a 21-day cycle as neoadjuvant therapy.
Male patients will receive tamoxifen 20 mg tablet orally once daily beginning on Day 1 and continuing through Day 21 of a 21-day cycle as neoadjuvant therapy.
Study summary
The study assess the early metabolic effects of neoadjuvant treatment with trastuzumab and pertuzumab (± endocrine therapy) on the primary tumor and axillary lymph nodes and their predictive value for pathologic complete response (pCR) in the breast and axilla.
And also assess 3-year invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) in patients with HER2-positive (HER: human epidermal receptor) breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant trastuzumab and pertuzumab (± endocrine therapy) using a FDG-PET response-adapted strategy.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Written informed consent prior to beginning specific protocol procedures.
2. Female or male patients ≥ 18 years of age.
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.
4. Histologically proven invasive breast cancer.
5. Operable breast cancer (cT1-3 and/or cN0-2 tumors) (breast cancer TNM classification)
6. Tumor size larger than or equal to 1.5 centimeter (cm) in diameter by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound with a significant 18F-FDG uptake defined as maximum standarized uptake value (SUVmax: maximum standarized uptake value) ≥1.5 x SUVmean (mean standarized uptake value) liver + 2 SD (standard deviation.
Multicentric/multifocal tumors will be allowed only if:
1. Histological confirmation of at least two lesions.
2. All tumors must be HER2-positive.
3. Largest lesion must be larger than or equal to 1.5 cm in diameter by MRI or ultrasound.
7)Centrally confirmed HER2-positive disease according to the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) criteria.
8)Patient must have known estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status locally determined prior to study entry.
Patient has adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function:
9)Hematological: White blood cell (WBC) count \> 3.0 x 109/L, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, platelet count ≥ 100.0 x109/L, and hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL (≥ 6.2 mmol/L).
10)Hepatic: total bilirubin ≤ institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (except for Gilbert's syndrome); alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤ 2.5 times ULN; aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 1.5 times ULN.
11)Renal: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal.
12)Patient must be accessible for treatment and follow-up.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Previous treatment with chemotherapy, anti-HER2 therapy, radiation therapy, or endocrine therapy for invasive breast cancer.
2. cT4 and/or cN3 tumors (TNM breast cancer classification)
3. Bilateral breast cancer.
4. Evidence of metastatic disease by routine clinical assessment chest x-ray, liver ultrasound, and bone scan; or computed tomography (CT) scan of thorax and abdomen and bone scan, except patients with subclinic M1 (metastases) at baseline only according to 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that will be allowed to be included into cohort C.
5. Known hypersensitivity reaction to any investigational or therapeutic compound or their incorporated substances.
6. History of other malignancy within the last five years prior to first dose of study drug administration, except for curatively treated basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and/or in situ cervical carcinoma.
7. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below 55% as determined by multiple-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan or echocardiography (ECHO).
8. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic \> 150 mm Hg and/or diastolic \> 100 mm Hg) despite adequate antihypertensive treatment.
9. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease \[stroke, unstable angina pectoris, or documented myocardial infarction within six months prior to study entry; history of documented congestive heart failure (CHF) (New York Heart Association II-III-IV); symptomatic pericarditis; documented cardiomyopathy; ventricular arrythmias with the exception of benign premature ventricular contractions; conduction abnormality requiring a pacemaker; other arrhythmias not controlled with medication\].
10. Active uncontrolled infection at the time of enrollment.
11. Current known infection with HIV, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus.
12. Patients with pulmonary disease requiring continuous oxygen therapy.
13. Previous history of bleeding diathesis.
14. Patient is currently receiving anti-coagulant therapy, chronic treatment with corticosteroids, or another immunosuppressive agent (standard premedication for chemotherapy and local applications are allowed).
15. Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury within 14 days prior to randomization or anticipation of need for major surgery within the course of the study treatment.
16. Patient has other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions that would, in the investigator´s judgment, contraindicate her participation in the clinical study.
17. Concurrent participation in other clinical trial, except other translational studies.
18. History of receiving any investigational treatment within 28 days prior to randomization.
19. Pregnant or breast-feeding women or patients not willing to apply highly effective contraception as defined in the protocol.
LINGain sub-study: The LINGAIN project intends to include a total of 126 blood samples from PHERGain trial, as follows:
105 from patients treated with trastuzumab and pertuzumab ± endocrine therapy (according to HR status); 21 from patients treated with trastuzumab and pertuzumab + carboplatin and docetaxel.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Evaluate the rate of pCR — After Cycle 6 or 8 (each cycle 21 days- After 4.2 or 5.6 months) evaluate the rate of pCR as defined by the absence of invasive disease in the breast and axilla (ypT0/isN0) at the time of surgery achieved with the combination of trastuzumab and pertuzumab (± endocrine therapy) as exclusive neoadjuvant treatment in PET responders patients (cohort B/PET responders) \[PET/CT positive predictive value (PPV) for a pCR among patients who are PET responders\].
3-year iDFS rate — After 3 years (36 months) time from the first date of no disease (i.e., date of surgery) to invasive recurrence, new invasive disease, or death by any cause. Recurrence will be defined in accordance with the standardized efficacy endpoints (STEEP) criteria. The primary analysis will be to estimate 3-year iDFS rate in cohort B.
Trial sites (56)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Institute Jules Bordet
Brussels
Belgium
CLCC d'Auvergne. Centre Jean Perrin.
Clermont-Ferrand
France
Institute de Cancerologie de Laurraine
Nancy
France
Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses
Paris
France
Hopital Tenon
Paris
France
Hospital Georges Pompidou
Paris
France
Centre Paul Strauss
Strasbourg
France
Institut Claudius Régaud
Toulouse
France
Kliniken Essen Mitte
Essen
Germany
Klinikum der Med. Fakultät Halle
Halle
Germany
National center for tumor disease NCT
Heidelberg
Germany
Städtisches Klinikum "St. Georg" Leipzig
Leipzig
Germany
Clinical of Nuclear Medicine Technical University Munich
Munich
Germany
Hämatologisch-Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis
München
Germany
Ospedale Maggiore Bologna
Bologna
Italy
Ospedale Antonio Perrino
Brindisi
Italy
Istituto Ospedalieri di Cremona
Cremona
Italy
Ospedale Mantova
Mantua
Italy
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan
Italy
Ospedale San Gerardo
Monza
Italy
Ospedale Guglielmo de Saliceto
Piacenza
Italy
Hospital Senhora da Oliveira
Guimarães
Portugal
Hospital Beatriz Angelo
Lisbon
Portugal
Hospital da Luz
Lisbon
Portugal
Hospital Fernando Fonseca
Lisbon
Portugal
Centro Hospitalar Sao Joao
Porto
Portugal
Hospital do Santo Antonio
Porto
Portugal
Centro Hospitalaer de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Vila Real
Portugal
ICO Badalona
Badalona
Barcelona
ICO l'Hospitalet
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Barcelona
Hospital Provincial de Castellón
Castelló
Castelló
Hospital de Jaén
Jaén
Jaén
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga
Málaga
Hospital San Joan de Reus
Reus
Tarragona
Hospital Universitario A Coruña
A Coruña
Spain
Hospital Vall D'Hebrón
Barcelona
Spain
Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain
Hospital Universitario de Burgos
Burgos
Spain
Hospital Reina Sofía
Córdoba
Spain
ICO Girona
Girona
Spain
+ 16 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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