Open Label Randomized Clinical Trial of Standard Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (Paclitaxel Followed by FEC) Versus the Combination of Paclitaxel and RAD001 Followed by FEC in Women With Triple Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer (CRAD001C24101)

NCT00499603 Phase 2 UNKNOWN Results posted

The goal of this clinical research is to learn if RAD001 given in combination with chemotherapy will turn off the signaling pathway (a chain of information that tells cancer cells to grow quickly) and make the chemotherapies given on this study more effective. Primary Objective · To determine if the addition of an mTOR inhibitor to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with triple receptor-negative breast cancer causes molecular changes (inhibition/activation) of the PI3K/PTEN/AKT pathway. Secondary Objectives * To evaluate pathologic complete response (pCR) rates for each treatment group. * To evaluate the relationship between pCR and the molecular changes (inhibition/activation) of the PI13K/PTEN/AKT pathway in each treatment group. * To evaluate overall response rates (ORR) for each treatment group. * To assess the toxicity of both regimens and to evaluate the relationship of toxicities with PI3K/PTEN/AKT pathway status.

Details

Lead sponsor	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Phase	Phase 2
Status	UNKNOWN
Enrolment	62
Start date	2007-07
Completion	2017-04

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

• Paclitaxel
• 5-Fluorouracil
• Epirubicin
• Cyclophosphamide
• RAD001

Primary outcomes

• Number Participants With Inhibition of PI3K/PTEN/AKT Pathway at 48 Hours — 48 hours after start of treatment
  Number of participants with inhibition of the PI3K/PTEN/AKT pathway at 48 hours after the start of treatment, regardless of the status of the pathway at the time of randomization. Molecular changes (inhibition/activation) of the PI3K/PTEN/AKT pathway evaluated using reverse phase protein arrays (RPPA) where fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) from the primary breast cancer obtained pretreatment, and at 48 hours. Bioinformatics cluster analysis of arrays used to define molecular changes as inhibition or activation where pathways called 'active' with presence of 2 or more phosphorilated pathway proteins (pAKT, pmTOR, pGSK3, pS6K1, pS6), and 'inhibited' with one or none phosphorilated pathway proteins present.

Countries

United States