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Pembrolizumab for Breast Cancer (TN-IBC Trial)

Phase 2
Waitlist Available
Led By Paula R Pohlmann, MD
Research Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up through study completion, an average of 1 year
Awards & highlights

TN-IBC Trial Summary

This trial is testing whether a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy drugs can shrink tumors in patients with stage III-IV triple negative breast cancer.

Eligible Conditions
  • Breast Cancer

TN-IBC Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~through study completion, an average of 1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through study completion, an average of 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
The ( pCR ) rate pathological complete response, defined as the absence of invasive carcinoma in the breast and the lymph nodes.

Side effects data

From 2024 Phase 2 trial • 57 Patients • NCT03004183
21%
Fatigue
13%
Nausea
11%
Back pain
9%
Shortness of Breath
9%
Anemia
9%
Abdominal pain
9%
Diarrhea
7%
Kidney Injury and/or Infection
7%
Pneumonia
7%
Dyspnea
7%
Weight Loss
5%
Malnutrition, Hypercalcemia and Weakness
5%
Pneumothorax
5%
Activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged
5%
Intractable pain, back pain, hip pain
4%
Pleural effusion
4%
Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response
2%
Skin rash
2%
Thrombocytopenia
2%
Respiratory failure
2%
colitis
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Study treatment Arm
Single Arm

TN-IBC Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Treatment (panitumumab,pembrolizumab,neoajuvant chemotherapy)Experimental Treatment6 Interventions
CYCLES 1-4: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes and panitumumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 of cycle 0. Cycle 0 continues for 7 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive panitumumab IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 of cycles 1-3 and days 1 and 8 of cycle 4, pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of cycles 2-4, paclitaxel IV over 1-3 hours on days 1, 8, and 15 of cycles 1-4, and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1, 8 and 15 of cycles 1-4. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. CYCLES 5-8: Patients receive standard of care treatment, including pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes, doxorubicin IV over 15 minutes and cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 8 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Panitumumab
2020
Completed Phase 3
~6490
Cyclophosphamide
1995
Completed Phase 3
~3780
Carboplatin
2014
Completed Phase 3
~6670
Doxorubicin
2012
Completed Phase 3
~7940
Paclitaxel
2011
Completed Phase 4
~5380
Pembrolizumab
2017
Completed Phase 2
~1950

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Who is running the clinical trial?

M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterLead Sponsor
2,958 Previous Clinical Trials
1,798,449 Total Patients Enrolled
148 Trials studying Breast Cancer
63,286 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH
13,609 Previous Clinical Trials
40,915,646 Total Patients Enrolled
939 Trials studying Breast Cancer
1,543,333 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
Paula R Pohlmann, MDPrincipal InvestigatorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many people are being allowed to participate in this experiment?

"The listing for this trial on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that it is currently open to new enrolments. This experiment was first advertised on March 11th, 2022 and was last updated October 11th of the same year. So far, 30 individuals are needed from 2 separate locations."

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Are people still enrolling in this experiment?

"From what is published on clinicaltrials.gov, this study requires more participants and is currently recruiting them. The trial was first posted on March 11th, 2022 and was updated as recently as October 11th, 2022."

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Has the Federal Drug Administration given their blessing to Pembrolizumab?

"Pembrolizumab's safety is only partially supported by clinical data, meaning it received a score of 2."

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What is Pembrolizumab used to treat?

"Pembrolizumab is a medication that oncologists often prescribe to treat melanoma. It can also help patients who are dealing with neoplasm metastasis, malignant melanoma of skin, and kaposi's sarcoma aids related."

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What other types of trials compare to this one?

"Pembrolizumab has completed 2916 Phase 3 trials in 4489 cities and 87 countries since 1997. The first study, sponsored by Alfacell, involved 300 patients."

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~0 spots leftby Mar 2025