CAPPA: Capecitabine Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Triple Negative Breast Cancer After Chemo-immunotherapy and Surgery

Sponsor
UNICANCER (Other)
Overall Status
Not yet recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05973864
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacity and safety of pembrolizumab and capecitabine compare to pembrolizumab alone, on the invasive disease-free survival, in participants who have triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy associated with pembrolizumab.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: Pembrolizumab injection
  • Drug: Capecitabine tablets
  • Radiation: Local radiotherapy
Phase 3

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
418 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase III, Randomized, Open-label Study to Evaluate Capecitabine Plus Pembrolizumab vs Pembrolizumab Alone as Post-operative Therapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer With Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Chemo-immunotherapy
Anticipated Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2024
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jan 1, 2026
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jan 1, 2029

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Arm A : Pembrolizumab and capecitabine

Pembrolizumab will be administered at a fixed dose of 200 mg every 3 weeks (Q3W), with a total of 9 cycles at adjuvant phase of the treatment; Capecitabine will be administrated at a dose of 1250 mg/m² twice a day (BID) (14 days on / 7 days off) for a total of 8 cycles, with a dose reduction at 825 mg/m² BID during radiotherapy if indicated Local radiotherapy will be performed as per standard practice if indicated.

Drug: Pembrolizumab injection
On Day 1 of each cycle for a total of 9 cycles; intravenous (IV) infusion
Other Names:
  • KEYTRUDA®
  • Drug: Capecitabine tablets
    1250 mg/m² BID, on days 1-14 of each 21-day cycle; 8 cycles Dose reduction at 825 mg/m² BID during radiotherapy if indicated
    Other Names:
  • Xeloda
  • Radiation: Local radiotherapy
    Local radiotherapy will be performed as per standard practice if indicated.

    Active Comparator: Arm B : Pembrolizumab alone

    Pembrolizumab will be administered at a fixed dose of 200 mg Q3W, with a total of 9 cycles at adjuvant phase of the treatment; Local radiotherapy will be performed as per standard practice if indicated.

    Drug: Pembrolizumab injection
    On Day 1 of each cycle for a total of 9 cycles; intravenous (IV) infusion
    Other Names:
  • KEYTRUDA®
  • Radiation: Local radiotherapy
    Local radiotherapy will be performed as per standard practice if indicated.

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Invasive Disease-free survival (iDFS) [Up to 5 years]

      Invasive disease free survival (iDFS) defined as time from randomization to the first of the following events: local, regional or distant recurrence, or second primary cancer (including contralateral) or death due to any cause.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Overall survival (OS) [From randomization to death of any cause, up to 5 years.]

      The overall survival is the length of time from randomization that patients enrolled in the study are still alive.

    2. Distant disease-free survival (DDFS) [Throughout study completion, up to 5 years.]

      Distant disease-free survival (DDFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of distant relapse or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

    3. Acute and late toxicity during the study [Throughout study completion, up to 5 years.]

      The National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 (NCI-CTCAE v5) is widely accepted in the community of oncology research as the leading rating scale for adverse events. This scale, divided into 5 grades (1 = "mild", 2 = "moderate", 3 = "severe", 4 = "life-threatening", and 5 = "death") determined by the investigator, will make it possible to assess the severity of the disorders.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    1. Patient must have signed a written informed consent prior to any trial specific procedures. When the patient is physically unable to give their written consent, a trusted person of their choice, independent from the investigator or the sponsor, can confirm in writing the patient's consent;

    2. Subject ≥ 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent form;

    3. Histologically proven TNBC defined as follows:

    4. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negativity (American Society of Clinical Oncology and the College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) criteria),

    5. AND less than 10% of cells stained by immunohistochemistry for estrogen receptor and Progesterone receptor;

    6. TNBC patients previously treated by standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a minimum of 6 cycles of immunochemotherapy containing pembrolizumab, per standard of care (and pembrolizumab label) and anthracyclines and/or taxanes (with/without carboplatin). Other drugs may be acceptable following discussion with the sponsor (with the exclusion of capecitabine);

    7. Complete resection of the breast tumor(s) (and of any invaded lymph node);

    8. No complete pathological response, defined as residual cancer burden (RCB) Class I, II, or III (per local assessment); Note: the final recruited population will contain no more than 25% of patients with RCB I response.

    9. Available representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor block from surgery specimen with its histological report;

    10. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status ≤2;

    11. Adequate organ and bone marrow function. All screening lab tests should be performed within 28 days before randomization;

    12. Resolution to at least grade 1 of all acute toxicities from previous therapies including immune related toxicity due to pembrolizumab, except alopecia, immune-related endocrinopathies receiving hormone replacement, and ≤ grade 2 of neuropathy toxicity which are allowed;

    13. Minimal/maximal period for prior treatments (i.e. minimal delay from last dose of prior treatment to cycle 1 dose 1 (C1D1)): breast surgery (the wound must have healed prior to C1D1) ≥2 weeks (maximum 10 weeks); last pembrolizumab injection ≥3 weeks;

    14. Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days before C1D1;

    15. Women of child-bearing potential and male patients must agree to use 1 effective form of contraception from the time of the negative pregnancy test up to 6 months after the last dose of study drugs;

    16. Patient should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol;

    17. Patients must be covered by the French medical insurance.

    Exclusion Criteria:
    1. Radiological or clinical evidence of metastatic disease documented by imaging or clinical examination performed during screening period;

    2. Has received capecitabine or other immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) than pembrolizumab in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) regimen;

    3. Has a known additional malignancy, excepted skin basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ cervical cancer or previously treated malignancy with no evidence of disease for ≥ 2 years;

    4. Presents a contraindication to continue pembrolizumab treatment as per respective summary of product characteristics (SmPC) including known hypersensitivity;

    5. Previous immune-related adverse event of any grade due to pembrolizumab that led to permanent discontinuation of pembrolizumab;

    6. Presents a contraindication to capecitabine treatment as per SmPC;

    7. Complete Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency;

    8. Require the use of one of the following forbidden treatments during the study treatment period:

    • Any investigational anticancer therapy other than the protocol specified treatment,

    • Any concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic for cancer treatment, other than the ones stated in the protocol;

    1. Pregnant women or women who are breast-feeding;

    2. Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the medical follow-up required by the trial because of geographic, familial, social, or psychological reasons;

    3. Persons deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship;

    4. Participation in another therapeutic trial within the 30 days prior to randomization.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    No locations specified.

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • UNICANCER

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Delphine LOIRAT, MD PhD, Institut Curie Paris

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    UNICANCER
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT05973864
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • UC-BCG-2211
    • 2023-505291-30-00
    First Posted:
    Aug 3, 2023
    Last Update Posted:
    Aug 3, 2023
    Last Verified:
    Jul 1, 2023
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Aug 3, 2023