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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - A Study Evaluating Pertuzumab (Perjeta) Combined With Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and Standard Anthracycline-based Chemotherapy in Participants With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Locally Advanced, Inflammatory, or Early-stage Breast Cancer

A Study Evaluating Pertuzumab (Perjeta) Combined With Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and Standard Anthracycline-based Chemotherapy in Participants With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Locally Advanced, Inflammatory, or Early-stage Breast Cancer

Completed

Open to: ALL

Age: 18.0 - N/A

Medical Conditions

Breast Neoplasms


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This multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, phase 2 study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pertuzumab (Perjeta) in combination with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and anthracycline-based chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment in participants with HER2-positive locally advanced, inflammatory, or early-stage breast cancer. Each investigator will choose a treatment regimen (A or B) for all of their participants to follow. Treatment regimen A (for Cohort A) will include dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (ddAC), followed by paclitaxel, with pertuzumab and trastuzumab given from the start of paclitaxel. Treatment regimen B (for Cohort B) will include 5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FEC), followed by docetaxel, with pertuzumab and trastuzumab given from the start of docetaxel. Participants in both cohorts will subsequently undergo surgical treatment and then resume pertuzumab and trastuzumab treatment.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Jul 2014 Mar 2016

Publications

"Swain SM, Ewer MS, Viale G, Delaloge S, Ferrero JM, Verrill M, Colomer R, Vieira C, Werner TL, Douthwaite H, Bradley D, Waldron-Lynch M, Kiermaier A, Eng-Wong J, Dang C; BERENICE Study Group. Pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and standard anthracycline- and taxane-based chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive localized breast cancer (BERENICE): a phase II, open-label, multicenter, multinational cardiac safety study. Ann Oncol. 2018 Mar 1;29(3):646-653. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx773."; "29253081"

INTERVENTIONAL

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive 5-fluorouracil 500 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of each cycle q3w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort B: FEC, Docetaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive cyclophosphamide 600 milligrams per square meter (mg/m\^2) intravenous (IV) given on Day 1 of each cycle q2w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort A: ddAC, Paclitaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;Cohort B: FEC, Docetaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive docetaxel at a starting dose of 75 mg/m\^2 IV for the first cycle and the dose may be escalated to 100 mg/m\^2 for subsequent cycles q3w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort B: FEC, Docetaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive doxorubicin 60 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of each cycle q2w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort A: ddAC, Paclitaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive epirubicin 100 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of each cycle q3w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort B: FEC, Docetaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive paclitaxel 80 mg/m\^2 IV given weekly.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort A: ddAC, Paclitaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive pertuzumab at a loading dose of 840 milligrams (mg) IV loading dose, then 420 mg IV q3w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort A: ddAC, Paclitaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;Cohort B: FEC, Docetaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Participants will receive trastuzumab at a loading dose of 8 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) IV, then 6 mg/kg IV q3w.

Intervention Arm Group : Cohort A: ddAC, Paclitaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;Cohort B: FEC, Docetaxel, Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab;



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This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Peterborough City Hospital, Edith Cavell Campus; Oncology Department
    Peterborough
    PE3 9GZ
  • Royal Marsden Hospital - Fulham; Oncology Department
    London
    SW3 6JJ
  • Royal Marsden Hospital; Dept of Medical Oncology
    Sutton
    SM2 5PT
  • Guys & St Thomas Hospital; Department of Oncology
    London
    SE1 9RT
  • Royal United Hospital; Oncology Department
    Bath
    BA1 3NG
  • Freeman Hospital; Northern Centre For Cancer Care
    New Castle Upon Tyne
    NE7 7DN
  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital; Oncology
    Bournemouth
    BH7 7DW
  • Churchill Hospital; Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre
    Oxford
    OX3 7LJ


The study is sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche





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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT02132949
Last updated 18 August 2021

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