Triple Negative Breast CancerPhase 3NCT03281954
Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Atezolizumab or Placebo in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Followed After Surgery by Atezolizumab or Placebo
A Phase 3 study testing Atezolizumab in people with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, run by NSABP Foundation Inc at 217 sites in 2 countries.
Trial summary
The main purpose of this study is to learn if the usual chemotherapy given before surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) for breast cancer plus the experimental drug, atezolizumab, is better than the usual chemotherapy plus a placebo. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- What is being tested?
- Atezolizumab
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 1,550 participants
- Where
- 217 sitesin 2 countries
- Study dates
- 19 Dec 2017to 30 Nov 2027
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- The patient must have consented to participate and, prior to beginning specific study procedures, must have signed and dated an appropriate IRB-approved consent form that conforms to federal and institutional guidelines for study treatment and for submission of tumor samples from a research biospy as required by NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze for baseline correlative science studies.
- The diagnosis of invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast must have been made by core needle biopsy.
- Local testing on the diagnostic core must have determined the tumor to be ER-negative, PgR-negative, and HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP guidelines. (If local testing has determined a tumor to be HER2 equivocal or to have a borderline ER/PgR status (% IHC staining < 10% for both) and other eligibility criteria are met, material may be submitted for central testing to determine eligibility.)
- Central testing for ER, PgR, and HER2 will be performed, and the tumor must be determined to be ER-negative, PgR-negative, and HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP Guidelines Recommendations.
- The tumor specimen used for central ER, PgR, and HER2 testing must also be used for central testing of PD-L1 status using the Ventana PD-L1 testing result including PD-L1 indeterminate Patients will be classifies as positive, negative, or indeterminate for stratification purposes.
- Patients must be ≥ 18 years old.
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- Patient may be female or male.
- The ECOG performance status must be 0-1.
- The primary tumor can be clinical stage T2 or T3, if clinically node negative according to AJCC 7th Edition. If the regional lymph nodes are cN1 and cytologically or histologically positive or cN2-N3 with or without a biopsy, the primary breast tumor can be clinically T1c, T2, or T3.
- Ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes must be evaluated by imaging (mammogram, ultrasound, and/or MRI) within 84 days prior to study entry. If suspicious or abnormal, FNA or core biopsy is recommended. Findings of these evaluations will be used to define the nodal status prior to study entry according to the following criteria:
- Nodal status - negative (Imaging of the axilla is negative; Imaging is suspicious or abnormal but the FNA or core biopsy of the questionable node[s] on imaging is negative)
- Nodal status - positive (FNA or core biopsy of the node[s] is cytologically or histologically suspicious or positive; Imaging is suspicious or abnormal but FNA or core biopsy was not performed.)
- Patients with synchronous bilateral or multicentric HER2-negative breast cancer are eligible as long as the highest risk tumor is ER-negative and PgR-negative and meets stage eligibility criteria. All of the other invasive tumors must also be HER2-negative by ASCO/CAP Guidelines based on local testing. Central testing to confirm TNBC status is only required for the highest risk tumor.
- Blood counts performed within 28 days prior to randomization must meet the following criteria:
- ANC must be ≥ 1500/mm3;
- platelet count must be ≥ 100,000/mm3; and
- hemoglobin must be ≥10 g/dL.
- The following criteria for evidence of adequate hepatic function performed within 28 days prior to randomization must be met:
- total bilirubin must be ≤ ULN for the lab unless the patient has a bilirubin elevation > ULN to 1.5 x ULN due to Gilbert's disease or similar syndrome involving slow conjugation of bilirubin; and
- alkaline phosphatase must be ≤ 2.5 x ULN for the lab; and
- AST and ALT must be ≤ 1.5 x ULN for the lab.
- Patients with AST or ALT or alkaline phosphatase > ULN are eligible for inclusion in the study if liver imaging (CT, MRI, abdominal ultrasound, PET-CT, or PET scan) performed within 28 days prior to randomization does not demonstrate metastatic disease and the requirements in criterion (just above) are met.
- Patients with alkaline phosphatase that is > ULN but less than or equal to 2.5 x ULN or with unexplained bone pain are eligible for inclusion in the study if bone imaging (bone scan, PET-CT scan, or PET scan) supported by additional studies when indicated (CT, x-ray, MRI) performed within 28 days prior to randomization does not demonstrate metastatic disease.
- Patients with N2 or N3 nodal disease or T3 primary disease must undergo liver and bone imaging (as described in 4.1.13 and 4.1.14) within 28 days prior to randomization, irrespective of baseline lab results, and studies must not demonstrate metastatic disease. Chest imaging with chest x-ray PA and Lateral, CT of the chest, or PET-CT must also be performed.
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min (see Section 7.2.1 for instructions regarding calculation of creatinine clearance) performed within 28 days prior to randomization.
- PT/INR ≤ ULN within 28 days of randomization. Patients receiving therapeutic anti-coagulants are not eligible.
- A serum TSH and AM (morning) cortisol performed within 28 days prior to randomization to obtain a baseline value. Patients with abnormal TSH or AM cortisol baseline levels should be further evaluated and managed per institutional standards. Asymptomatic patients who require initiation or adjustment of medication or are followed without initiating treatment based on endocrinologist's recommendations are eligible.
- LVEF assessment must be performed within 42 days prior to randomization. (LVEF assessment performed by echocardiogram is preferred; however, MUGA scan may be substituted based on institutional preferences.) The LVEF must be ≥ 55% regardless of the cardiac imaging facility's lower limit of normal.
- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 5 months after the last dose of atezolizumab/placebo or 12 months after the last dose of chemotherapy.
- A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential if she is not postmenopausal, has not reached a postmenopausal state (≥ 12 continuous months of amenorrhea with no identified cause other than menopause), and has not undergone surgical sterilization (removal of ovaries and/or uterus).
- Examples of contraceptive methods with a failure rate of < 1% per year include: bilateral tubal ligation; male partner sterilization; hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation; hormone-releasing intrauterine devices; copper intrauterine devices.
- The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or postovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception.
- Patient must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.
Who cannot join
- Excisional biopsy or lumpectomy performed prior to study entry.
- FNA alone to diagnose the breast cancer.
- Surgical axillary staging procedure prior to randomization. Exception: FNA or core biopsy of an axillary node is permitted for any patient. A pre-neoadjuvant therapy sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with clinically negative axillary nodes is prohibited.
- Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease.
- Previous history of contralateral invasive breast cancer. (Patients with synchronous and/or previous contralateral DCIS or LCIS are eligible.)
- Previous history of ipsilateral invasive breast cancer or ipsilateral DCIS. (Patients with synchronous or previous ipsilateral LCIS are eligible.)
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- History of non-breast malignancies (except for in situ cancers treated only by local excision and basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin) within 5 years prior to study entry.
- Treatment including radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or targeted therapy, for the currently diagnosed breast cancer prior to randomization.
- Previous therapy with anthracyclines or taxanes for any malignancy.
- Cardiac disease (history of and/or active disease) that would preclude the use of the drugs included in the treatment regimens. This includes but is not confined to:
- Active cardiac disease: angina pectoris that requires the use of anti-anginal medication; ventricular arrhythmias except for benign premature ventricular contractions; supraventricular and nodal arrhythmias requiring a pacemaker or not controlled with medication; conduction abnormality requiring a pacemaker; valvular disease with documented compromise in cardiac function; or symptomatic pericarditis.
- History of cardiac disease: myocardial infarction documented by elevated cardiac enzymes or persistent regional wall abnormalities on assessment of left ventricular function within 6 months prior to randomization; history of documented CHF; or documented cardiomyopathy.
- Uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained systolic BP > 150 mmHg or diastolic BP > 90 mmHg. (Patients with initial BP elevations are eligible if initiation or adjustment of BP medication lowers pressure to meet entry criteria.) Patients requiring ≥ 3 BP medications are not eligible.
- History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins.
- Known hypersensitivity to biopharmaceuticals produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to the components of the atezolizumab formulation.
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to the components of the doxorubicin, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide, carboplatin, or paclitaxel formulations.
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to liposomal or pegylated G-CSF formulations.
- Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency, including but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener granulomatosis, Sjögren syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, or multiple sclerosis for a more comprehensive list of autoimmune diseases and immune deficiencies) with the following exceptions:
- Patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism on a stable dose of thyroid replacement hormone may be eligible for this study.
- Patients with controlled Type 1 diabetes mellitus on a stable dose of insulin regimen may be eligible for this study.
- Patients with eczema, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus, or vitiligo with dermatologic manifestations only (e.g., patients with psoriatic arthritis are excluded) are permitted provided all of following conditions are met: Rash must cover < 10% of body surface area; Disease is well controlled at baseline and requires only low-potency topical corticosteroids; No occurrence of acute exacerbations of the underlying condition requiring psoralen plus ultraviolet A radiation, methotrexate, retinoids, biologic agents, oral calcineurin inhibitors, or high-potency or oral corticosteroids within the previous 12 months.
- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan.
- Patients known to be HIV positive.
- Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, defined as having a positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test at screening. Patients with a past or resolved HBV infection, defined as having a negative HBsAg test and a positive total hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) test at screening, are eligible for the study if active HBV infection is ruled out on the basis of HBV DNA viral load per local guidelines.
- Active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, defined as having a positive HCV antibody test at screening confirmed by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive for HCV RNA.
- Patients with clinically active tuberculosis.
- Severe infection within 28 days prior to randomization, including but not limited to hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia.
- Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation.
- Administration of a live, attenuated vaccine within 28 days prior to randomization or anticipation that such vaccine will be required during the study. Patients must agree not to receive live, attenuated influenza vaccine (e.g., FluMist) within 28 days prior to randomization, during treatment or within 5 months following the last dose of atezolizumab/placebo.
- Any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the patient at high risk from treatment complications.
- Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint-blockade therapies, including anti-CD40, anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibodies.
- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medications (including but not limited to interferons, IL-2) within 28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, prior to randomization.
- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medications (including but not limited to prednisone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis [anti-TNF] factor agents) within 14 days prior to randomization or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medications during the study.
- Nervous system disorder (paresthesias, peripheral motor neuropathy, or peripheral sensory neuropathy) ≥ Grade 2, per the CTCAE v4.0.
- Symptomatic peripheral ischemia.
- Pregnancy or lactation at the time of randomization or intention to become pregnant during the study. (Note: Negative serum pregnancy test must be obtained within 14 days prior to randomization).
- Use of any investigational agent within 28 days prior to randomization.
Trial locations and contacts
217 sites in 2 countries.
217 sites in 2 countries
United States212 sites
New York Oncology Hematology PC
Albany, New York, 12206
Aultman Alliance Cancer Center
Alliance, Ohio, 44601
Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim
Anaheim, California, 92806
Katmai Oncology Group
Anchorage, Alaska, 99508
MRCC Auburn
Auburn, Washington, 98001
Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas-Seton Infusion Center
Austin, Texas, 72701
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center Aventura
Aventura, Florida, 33180
Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park, California, 91706
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21204
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Center at Franklin Square
Baltimore, Maryland, 21237
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center-Beaver
Beaver, Pennsylvania, 15009
Texas Oncology Bedford
Bedford, Texas, 76022
Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower
Bellflower, California, 90706
Maryland Oncology Hematology
Bethesda, Maryland, 20817
Broome Oncolgy
Binghamton, New York, 13905
Illinois Cancer Care-Bloomington
Bloomington, Illinois, 61704
Maryland Oncology - Hematology Brandywine
Brandywine, Maryland, 20613
Wellmont Medical Associates-Oncology and Hematology
Bristol, Virginia, 24201
Henry Ford Cancer Institute Brownstown
Brownstown, Michigan, 48183
Aurora Cancer Care-Southern Lakes
Burlington, Wisconsin, 53105
Aultman Hospital
Canton, Ohio, 44710
Aultman Medical Group Hematology and Oncology
Canton, Ohio, 44710
Texas Oncology Carrollton
Carrollton, Texas, 75010
RHOA of Cary
Cary, North Carolina, 27518
Waverly Hematology Oncology
Cary, North Carolina, 27518
Mercy Medical Center Hall-Perrine Cancer Center
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403
Cancer Center of Kansas - Chanute
Chanute, Kansas, 66720
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute
Charleston, West Virginia, 25304
Carolinas Medical Center-Levine Cancer Insitute
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204
Levine Cancer Center Institute Pineville
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28210
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, Illinois, 60612
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60612
Affiliated Oncologists
Chicago Ridge, Illinois, 60415
Henry Ford Cancer Institute Macomb Hospital
Clinton Township, Michigan, 48038
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, California, 92324
Maryland Oncology - Hematology PA
Columbia, Maryland, 21044
University of Missouri-Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Columbia, Missouri, 65212
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center-Investigational Drug Service Oncology
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
The Stephanie Speilman Comprehensive Breast Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43212
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center - Passavant North
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, 16066
Texas Oncology - Methodist Dallas Cancer Center
Dallas, Texas, 75203
Texas Oncology - Medical City Dallas
Dallas, Texas, 75230
Texas Oncology Dallas Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, Texas, 75231
Henry Ford Medical Center Fairlane
Dearborn, Michigan, 48126
Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois
Decatur, Illinois, 62526
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Decatur, Illinois, 62526
Texas Oncology Denton
Denton, Texas, 76201
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Cancer Center of Kansas - Dodge City
Dodge City, Kansas, 67801
City of Hope
Duarte, California, 91010
Gwinnett Hospital System Center for Cancer Care
Duluth, Georgia, 30096
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Crossroads Cancer Center
Effingham, Illinois, 62401
Susan B. Allen Memorial Hosptial
El Dorado, Kansas, 67042
Emhurst Memorial Nancy W. Knowles Cancer Center
Elmhurst, Illinois, 60126
Ephrata Cancer Center
Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 17522
Allegheny Cancer Institute St. Vincent
Erie, Pennsylvania, 16505
St. Vincent Hospital
Erie, Pennsylvania, 16544
Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center
Eugene, Oregon, 97401
Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center
Fargo, North Dakota, 58122
UPMC Cancer Center Horizon
Farrell, Pennsylvania, 16121
Texas Oncology Flower Mound
Flower Mound, Texas, 75028
Aurora Health Center Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 54937
Kaiser Permanente-Fontana
Fontana, California, 92335
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology Inc (W. Jefferson Blvd)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46804
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology Inc (Parkview Plaza)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46845
Maryland Oncology - Hematology Frederick
Frederick, Maryland, 21702
Illinois Cancer Care-Galesburg
Galesburg, Illinois, 61401
RHOA of Garner
Garner, North Carolina, 27529
Aurora Cancer Care-Germantown Health Center
Germantown, Wisconsin, 53022
Wellspan Medical Oncology
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325
MRCC Gig Harbor
Gig Harbor, Washington, 98335
Aurora Cancer Care-Grafton
Grafton, Wisconsin, 53024
Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54311
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center- Mountain View
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 15601
UPMC Cancer Center Greenville
Greenville, Pennsylvania, 16125
Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute - Pelham
Greer, South Carolina, 29651
Meritus Center for Clinical Research
Hagerstown, Maryland, 21742
Kaiser Permanente-Harbor City
Harbor City, California, 90710
UNC Regional Physicians Hematology and Oncolgoy
High Point, North Carolina, 27262
Memorial Healthcare System Office of Human Research
Hollywood, Florida, 33021
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030
Houston Methodist Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030
Harris Health System-Smith Clinic
Houston, Texas, 77054
Cancer Center at Mercy - W. Laurel
Independence, Kansas, 67301
Kaiser Permanente-Irvine
Irvine, California, 92618
Henry Ford Allegiance Health
Jackson, Michigan, 49201
AHN Cancer Institute at Jefferson
Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, 15025
Broome Oncology
Johnson City, New York, 13790
Wellmont Cancer Institute
Johnson City, Tennessee, 37601
St. Bernard's Medical Center
Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72401
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, Louisiana, 70065
Aurora Cancer Care-Kenosha South
Kenosha, Wisconsin, 53142
Kingman Community Hospital
Kingman, Kansas, 67068
Wellmont Cancer Institute
Kingsport, Tennessee, 37660
Maryland Oncology - Hematology PA
Lanham, Maryland, 20706
Michigan State University-Breslin Cancer Center
Lansing, Michigan, 48910
Gwinnett Hospital System Center for Cancer Care
Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30046
Seechler Family Cancer Center
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 17042
Virginia Cancer Care Specialist
Leesburg, Virginia, 20176
Southwest Medical Center
Liberal, Kansas, 67901
Cancer and Blood Specialty Clinic
Los Alamitos, California, 90720
Kaiser Permanente-Sunset
Los Angeles, California, 90027
Kaiser Permanente-West Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90034
Norton Cancer Institute-Downtown
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
Norton Cancer Institute-Norton Healthcare Pavilion
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
University of Louisville-James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
Baptist Health Louisville; Consultants in Blood Disorders and Cancer
Louisville, Kentucky, 40207
Norton Cancer Institute-St Matthews
Louisville, Kentucky, 40207
Norton Cancer Institute-Brownsboro
Louisville, Kentucky, 40241
Centra Lynchburg Hematology Oncology
Lynchburg, Virginia, 24501
West Jefferson Medical Center Cancer Center
Marrero, Louisiana, 70072
Texas Oncology - McAllen South Second
McAllen, Texas, 78503
McPherson Center for Health
McPherson, Kansas, 67460
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Medical Oncology Associates at Memorial Regional Medical Center
Mechanicsville, Virginia, 23116
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami Beach, Florida, 33140
Texas Oncology Midland Allison Cancer Center
Midland, Texas, 79701
Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center
Midlothian, Virginia, 23114
Aurora Cancer Care
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53209
Aurora Cancer Care-Milwaukee South
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215
Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center-Pharmacy Only
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53227
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233
University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute
Mobile, Alabama, 36604
Forbes Regional Hospital
Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 15146
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center UPMC East-Monroeville
Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 15146
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Norwin
N. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 15642
Edward Cancer Center
Naperville, Illinois, 60540
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center New Castle
New Castle, Pennsylvania, 16105
University Medical Center New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, New Jersey, 07112
Newton Medical Center
Newton, Kansas, 67114
Southwest Virginia Regional Cancer Center
Norton, Virginia, 24273
Henry Ford Medical Center Columbus
Novi, Michigan, 48377
UF Health Cancer Center at Orlando Health
Orlando, Florida, 32806
Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 54904
Illinois Cancer Care-Ottawa
Ottawa, Illinois, 61350
Kaiser Permanente-Panorama City
Panorama City, California, 91402
St. Bernard's Medical Center
Paragould, Arkansas, 72450
Labette Health
Parsons, Kansas, 67357
Illinois Cancer Care PC
Peoria, Illinois, 61615
Illinois Cancer Care-Peru
Peru, Illinois, 61354
FirstHealth of the Carolinas FirstHealth Outpatient Cancer Center
Pinehurst, North Carolina, 28374
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212
WPAON at AGH
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212
WPAON at WPH
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212
Magee-Women's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224
UPCI Investigational Drug Services
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center @ Passavant - HOA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15237
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center @ Passavant - OHA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15237
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center-Upper Saint Clair
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15243
Berkshire Hematology Oncology Services at Berkshire Medical Center Cancer and Infusion Center
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 01201
Edward Cancer Center Plainfield
Plainfield, Illinois, 60585
Texas Oncology Plano
Plano, Texas, 75075
Kaiser Permanente Northwest-Oncology/Hematology
Portland, Oregon, 97227
Health Quest Medical Practice
Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601
Pratt Regional Medical Center
Pratt, Kansas, 67124
Women's and Infants Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02905
MRCC Puyallup
Puyallup, Washington, 98372
Aurora Cancer Care-Racine
Racine, Wisconsin, 53406
Rex Cancer Center
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607
RHOA of Blue Ridge
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607
RCC of Wakefield
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27614
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Oncology Associates at St. Mary's Hospital
Richmond, Virginia, 23226
Kaiser Permanente-Riverside
Riverside, California, 92505
Maryland Oncology Hematology
Rockville, Maryland, 20850
Nash UNC Health Care - Danny Talbott Cancer Center
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 28704
Cancer Center of Kansas - Salina
Salina, Kansas, 67401
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
San Diego, California, 92108
Kaiser Permanente-Zion
San Diego, California, 92120
Kaiser Permanente - Otay
San Diego, California, 92153
Kaiser Permanente- San Marcos
San Marcos, California, 92078
UPMC Cancer Center Northwest
Seneca, Pennsylvania, 16346
Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic Sheboygan
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 53081
Capital Hematology Oncology Associates
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20904
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
Sanford Cancer Center Oncology Clinic
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104
Avera Cancer Institute-Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105
Avera Cancer Institute
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105
Gwinnett Hospital System Center for Cancer Care
Snellville, Georgia, 30078
City of Hope - South Pasadena
South Pasadena, California, 91030
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303
Aurora Medical Center in Summit
Summit, Wisconsin, 53066
Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois-Swansea
Swansea, Illinois, 62226
MultiCare Health System
Tacoma, Washington, 98405
MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation
Tacoma, Washington, 98405
Texas Oncology - The Woodlands
The Woodlands, Texas, 77380
Northwest Cancer Specialists
Tigard, Oregon, 97223
Torrance Memorial Physician Network
Torrance, California, 90505
University of Maryland, St. Joseph Medical Center
Towson, Maryland, 21204
Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic-Two Rivers
Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54241
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center - Uniontown
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 15401
City of Hope - Upland
Upland, California, 91786
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
Voorhees Township, New Jersey, 08043
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center-Washington
Washington, Pennsylvania, 15301
Aurora Cancer Care
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 53226
Henry Ford Hospital W Bloomfield
West Bloomfield, Michigan, 48322
Wexford Health & Wellness Pavilion
Wexford, Pennsylvania, 15090
Maryland Oncology Hematology
Wheaton, Maryland, 20902
PIH Health
Whittier, California, 90602
Cancer Center of Kansas - Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, 67214
Cancer Center of Kansas
Wichita, Kansas, 67214
Winfield Healthcare Center
Winfield, Kansas, 67156
Kaiser Permanente-Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills, California, 91367
Henry Ford Cancer Institute Wyandotte Hospital
Wyandotte, Michigan, 48192
Cancer Care Associates of York
York, Pennsylvania, 17403
Wellspan Health-York Cancer Center Oncology Research
York, Pennsylvania, 17403
Canada5 sites
CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Ile-de-Montreal-Hopital-Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Montreal, Quebec, H1T2M4
Centre Hospitalier d'Universite de Montreal CHUM-Hotel Dieu
Montreal, Quebec, H2XOA9
SMBD-Jewish General Hospital (MPSG)
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2
McGill University Health Centre-Cedars Cancer Centre
Montreal, Quebec, H4A3J1
CHU de Quebec-Hospital du Saint-Sacrement
Québec, Quebec, G1S4L8
About this study
Official title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Atezolizumab or Placebo in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Followed by Adjuvant Continuation of Atezolizumab or Placebo
The main purpose of this study is to learn if the usual chemotherapy given before surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) for breast cancer plus the experimental drug, atezolizumab, is better than the usual chemotherapy plus a placebo. (A placebo is a drug that looks like the study drug but contains no medication.) The usual chemotherapy in this study is paclitaxel (WP) and carboplatin followed by doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) or epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC). Usually, after neoadjuvant therapy and surgery for triple negative breast cancer, no additional treatment is given unless the cancer returns. This study will also look at continuing treatment after surgery with atezolizumab or the placebo. To be better, atezolizumab given with the neoadjuvant therapy should be better at: 1) decreasing the amount of tumor in the breast than the placebo given with the usual chemotherapy and 2) decreasing the chance of the cancer from returning after surgery.
Another purpose of this study is to test the good and bad effects of atezolizumab when added to the usual chemotherapy. Atezolizumab may keep your cancer from growing but it can also cause side effects.
Read the detailed description
NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, Phase III clinical trial. This is a collaborative study being conducted by NSABP Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the German Breast Group (GBG), and supported by funding by Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group, and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.
In this clinical trial of neoadjuvant and adjuvant administration of atezolizumab/placebo in patients with high risk triple-negative breast cancer, the potential incremental efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant administration of atezolizumab/placebo with a sequential regimen of weekly paclitaxel with every-3-week carboplatin followed immediately by neoadjuvant administration of atezolizumab/placebo with AC/EC will be evaluated. Patients will then undergo surgery. Following recovery from surgery, patients will initiate approximately 6 months of adjuvant therapy with atezolizumab/placebo and receive the same investigational agent they received pre-operatively. Administration of radiation therapy will be based on local standards at the discretion of patients and investigators, but if administered, atezolizumab/placebo will be administered concurrently. Adjuvant atezolizumab/placebo may be delayed until after completion of radiation therapy per investigator discretion. Patients with residual invasive cancer at the time of surgery may receive capecitabine concurrently with atezolizumab/placebo in the adjuvant setting per investigator discretion and local guidelines. Patients with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations with residual invasive cancer at the time of surgery may receive olaparib in the adjuvant setting per investigator discretion and local guidelines. Patients receiving olaparib must discontinue atezolizumab/placebo.
The primary aims of the study are 1) to determine value of atezolizumab in improving pathologic complete response in the breast and post-therapy lymph nodes evaluated histologically (pCR breast and nodes [(ypT0/Tis ypN0)]), and 2) to determine the value of atezolizumab in improving event-free survival (EFS). Secondary aims include: pathologic complete response in the breast (ypT0/Tis); pathologic complete response in the breast and lymph nodes (ypT0 ypN0); positive nodal status conversion rate; overall survival; recurrence-free interval: distant disease-free survival; brain metastases free survival; and toxicity. The stratification factors for the study are: 1) clinical size of the primary tumor (1.1-3.0 cm; > 3.0 cm); 2) nodal status as determined by protocol-specified criteria (negative, positive); 3) AC/EC (every 2 weeks; every 3 weeks); and 4) Region (North America; Europe).
For patient eligibility, local testing on the diagnostic core must have determined the patient's tumor to be ER-negative, PgR-negative, and HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP guidelines. Material from either the diagnostic core biopsy or the research biopsy must be sent for central testing for confirmation of ER, PgR, and HER2 to confirm eligibility. If local testing has determined a tumor to be HER2 equivocal or to have a borderline ER/PgR status (% IHC staining < 10% for both), material may be submitted for central testing to determine eligibility.
In order to proactively identify and further assess any cardiac toxicity that may occur with the combination of anthracyclines and atezolizumab, this study includes a cardiac safety lead-in for the first 60 patients who initiate AC/EC. The safety lead-in will consist of assessment of ECG and serum troponin-T obtained just prior to administration of the first dose of AC/EC, following completion of the administration of the 1st and 3rd cycle of AC/EC prior to initiation of the atezolizumab/placebo. An additional assessment of LVEF with echocardiogram or MUGA scan will also be obtained prior to the 3rd dose of AC/EC. In order to provide an early assessment of cardiac safety, results of the troponin-T assessments, ECGs, LVEF assessment, and cardiac safety data will be evaluated by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) when the last of the initial 20 patients who initiate AC/EC undergo their scheduled post-surgery LVEF assessment. When the last of the first 60 patients to initiate AC/EC undergo their scheduled post-surgery LVEF assessment, results of the troponin assessments, ECGs, LVEF assessments, and cardiac safety data from all 60 patients will be evaluated by the DSMB.
Research core biopsies of breast primary at baseline and 1-4 days prior to the second dose of atezolizumab/placebo are a study requirement for all patients. One to three representative blocks of residual primary tumor containing the maximum amount of tumor and node with the largest focus of metastasis is required from the definitive breast surgery if gross residual disease is greater than or equal to 1.0 cm. If gross residual disease is less than 1.0 cm, tissue should be submitted, if possible. Blood specimens will be collected on all patients at baseline for exploratory biomarker analysis and to support future correlative studies.
Accrual to NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze began in December 2017 and was completed in May 2021 with a total of 1550 patients randomized. Based on actual accrual and the decision to eliminate pCR as a co-primary endpoint, we recalculated the power to detect a hazard ratio of 0.70 attributed to the addition of atezolizumab, assuming a lost-to-follow-up rate of 0.00083 per month, using the actual accrual pattern for the power calculation. With 1550 patients accrued in 42 months, an additional 22 months follow up will allow us to obtain 252 events under the assumptions stated above, which will provide 80% power to detect a HR of 0.7 between the atezolizumab and the placebo arm at an overall 2-sided alpha level of 0.05.
- Conditions
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Being tested
- Placebo, Atezolizumab
- Keywords
- anti-PD-L1 antibody, TNBC
- Medical subject headings
- Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
PlaceboDrug
Following randomization, patients will receive Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 IV weekly x 12 doses + Carboplatin AUC of 5 IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 cycles + placebo IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 doses.
Followed 2-3 weeks later by Doxorubicin (A) 60 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles OR Epirubicin (E) 90 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles.
+ placebo IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 3 to 4 doses depending on AC/EC schedule used.
Approximately 3-4 weeks later: Surgery (Lumpectomy or mastectomy and axillary staging), followed by placebo IV Day 1 every 3 weeks after surgery until 1 year after the first dose.
AtezolizumabDrug
Following randomization, patients will receive Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 IV weekly x 12 doses + Carboplatin AUC of 5 IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 cycles + Atezolizumab 1200 mg Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 doses.
Followed 2-3 weeks later by Doxorubicin (A) 60 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles OR Epirubicin (E) 90 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles.
+ Atezolizumab 1200 mg Day 1 every 3 weeks for 3 to 4 doses depending on AC/EC schedule used.
Approximately 3-4 weeks later: Surgery (Lumpectomy or mastectomy and axillary staging), followed by Atezolizumab 1200 mg Day 1 every 3 weeks after surgery until 1 year after the first dose.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | IV infusion once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 1), once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 2) and once every 3 weeks after surgery for 1 year after first dose Receives: Drug: Placebo |
| Atezolizumab | Experimental | IV infusion, 1200mg, once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 1), once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 2) and once every 3 weeks after surgery for 1 year after first dose Receives: Drug: Atezolizumab |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Event-free survival (EFS)
Time from randomization until event
Measured: From randomization until event, through study follow up to the time target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes (12)
Overall survival (OS)
Time from randomization until death from any cause
Measured: From date of randomization through study follow-up, to the time the target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years
Pathologic complete response in the breast and lymph nodes (ypT0/Tis ypN0)
Absence of any invasive component in the resected breast specimen and all resected lymph nodes
Measured: Following completion of neoadjuvant therapy (ypT0/Tis ypN0)
Distant disease-free survival (DDFS)
Time from randomization until distant recurrence, death from breast cancer, death from other causes, and second primary invasive cancer (non-breast)
Measured: From date of randomization through study follow-up, to the time the target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years
Disease-free survival (DFS)
Ipsilateral invasive breast tumor recurrence, ipsilateral local-regional invasive breast cancer recurrence, distant recurrence, contralateral invasive breast cancer, ipsilateral or contralateral DCIS, second primary non-breast invasive cancer and death attributable to any cause including breast cancer, non-breast cancer, or unknown cause.
Measured: From the first breast surgical procedure to the first disease recurrence or death from any cause
Frequency of Adverse Events
Frequency of adverse events graded according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0 (CTCAE v4.0)
Measured: From beginning of study therapy to 90 days after last dose of study therapy
Frequency of immune Adverse Events of Special Interest
Frequency of immune adverse events of special interest according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0 (CTCAE v4.0)
Measured: From beginning of study therapy to 90 days after last dose of study therapy
Cardiac safety lead-in (Troponin-T)
Troponin-T levels in blood prior to initial dose of AC/EC following completion of carboplatin/paclitaxel co-administered with atezolizumab/placebo
Measured: prior to initial dose of AC/EC following completion of carboplatin/paclitaxel co-administered with atezolizumab/placebo, approximately 12 weeks
Cardiac safety lead-in (Troponin-T)
Troponin-T levels in blood after administration of the 1st cycle of AC/EC prior to administration of atezolizumab/placebo
Measured: After administration of the 1st dose of AC/EC prior to administration of atezolizumab/placebo, approximately 1 hour after beginning the 1st dose of AC/EC
Cardiac safety lead-in (Troponin-T)
Troponin-T levels in blood after administration of the 3rd cycle of AC/EC prior to administration of atezolizumab/placebo
Measured: After administration of the 3rd dose (Cycle 3; each cycle is 21 days) of AC/EC prior to administration of atezolizumab/placebo, approximately 1 hour after beginning the 3rd dose of AC/EC
Cardiac safety lead-in (Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF)
LVEF levels measured at baseline prior to initiation of carboplatin/paclitaxel and atezolizumab/placebo
Measured: Prior to initiation of carboplatin/paclitaxel and atezolizumab/placebo, at baseline
Cardiac safety lead-in (Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF)
LVEF levels measured before 3rd cycle of AC/EC
Measured: Prior to the 3rd cycle (each cycle is every 21 days) of AC/EC, approximately 6 weeks after initiation of AC/EC
Cardiac safety lead-in (Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF)
LVEF levels measured after surgery
Measured: Four to 6 weeks after surgery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Sep 2017
- Study start19 Dec 2017
- Primary completion31 Dec 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Nov 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Triple Negative Breast CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 1,550 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- NSABP Foundation Inc
- Sponsor type
- Research network
- Collaborators
- Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Norman Wolmark, MD, Principal investigator, NSBP Foundation, Inc.
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03281954
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze
- Other IDs
- 2017-002771-25, MO39875, 2017
- Status last verified
- Apr 2024
- First submitted
- 8 Sep 2017
- Last updated
- 8 Apr 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Balic M, Tang G, Rastogi P, Young G, Wallace M, Acosta J, Schneeweiss A, Hilton CJ, Freeman TJ, Li J, Denkert C, Reinisch M, Palomares MR, Arrick BA, Petitt M, Maley SK, Hassan S, Murali S, Boileau JF, Boudreau D, Polewski PJ, Mashru S, Hargis JB, Mortimer J, Thirlwell M, Sikov W, Tan AR, Garces J, Costa G, LoBello J, Mouta J, Darbonne WC, Baehner FL, Mamounas EP, Wolmark N, Loibl S, Geyer CE Jr. Evaluation of a Tumor-Informed Molecular Residual Disease Assay in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, With or Without Atezolizumab. JCO Precis Oncol. 2026 Sep;10(9):e2600114. doi: 10.1200/PO-26-00114. Epub 2026 Sep 11.
PubMed 42727049Loibl S, Tang G, Nekljudova V, Rastogi P, Rachakonda S, Reinisch M, Acosta J, Schneeweiss A, Hilton C, Seiler S, Bhargava R, Karn T, Cortazar P, Moreno F, Andersen J, Christensen S, Klare P, Murali S, Morales S, Huober J, Boileau JF, Rodriguez-Lescure A, Boudreau D, Polewski PJ, Teply-Szymanski J, Mouta J, Mamounas EP, Denkert C, Wolmark N, Geyer CE Jr. Atezolizumab in early triple-negative breast cancer: the randomized phase 3 NSABP B-59/GeparDouze trial. Nat Med. 2026 Sep 1. doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04565-6. Online ahead of print.
PubMed 42680950Perez-Garcia J, Soberino J, Racca F, Gion M, Stradella A, Cortes J. Atezolizumab in the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2020 Sep;20(9):981-989. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2020.1769063. Epub 2020 May 25.
PubMed 32450725
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Apr 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Atezolizumab or Placebo in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Followed by Adjuvant Continuation of Atezolizumab or Placebo
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03281954
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze
- Conditions
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Keywords
- anti-PD-L1 antibody, TNBC
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 1,550 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- NSABP Foundation IncResearch network
- Collaborators
- Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche
- Study start
- 19 Dec 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Nov 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 13 Sep 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The main purpose of this study is to learn if the usual chemotherapy given before surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) for breast cancer plus the experimental drug, atezolizumab, is better than the usual chemotherapy plus a placebo. (A placebo is a drug that looks like the study drug but contains no medication.) The usual chemotherapy in this study is paclitaxel (WP) and carboplatin followed by doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) or epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC). Usually, after neoadjuvant therapy and surgery for triple negative breast cancer, no additional treatment is given unless the cancer returns. This study will also look at continuing treatment after surgery with atezolizumab or the placebo. To be better, atezolizumab given with the neoadjuvant therapy should be better at: 1) decreasing the amount of tumor in the breast than the placebo given with the usual chemotherapy and 2) decreasing the chance of the cancer from returning after surgery.
Another purpose of this study is to test the good and bad effects of atezolizumab when added to the usual chemotherapy. Atezolizumab may keep your cancer from growing but it can also cause side effects.
Detailed description
NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, Phase III clinical trial. This is a collaborative study being conducted by NSABP Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the German Breast Group (GBG), and supported by funding by Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group, and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.
In this clinical trial of neoadjuvant and adjuvant administration of atezolizumab/placebo in patients with high risk triple-negative breast cancer, the potential incremental efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant administration of atezolizumab/placebo with a sequential regimen of weekly paclitaxel with every-3-week carboplatin followed immediately by neoadjuvant administration of atezolizumab/placebo with AC/EC will be evaluated. Patients will then undergo surgery. Following recovery from surgery, patients will initiate approximately 6 months of adjuvant therapy with atezolizumab/placebo and receive the same investigational agent they received pre-operatively. Administration of radiation therapy will be based on local standards at the discretion of patients and investigators, but if administered, atezolizumab/placebo will be administered concurrently. Adjuvant atezolizumab/placebo may be delayed until after completion of radiation therapy per investigator discretion. Patients with residual invasive cancer at the time of surgery may receive capecitabine concurrently with atezolizumab/placebo in the adjuvant setting per investigator discretion and local guidelines. Patients with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations with residual invasive cancer at the time of surgery may receive olaparib in the adjuvant setting per investigator discretion and local guidelines. Patients receiving olaparib must discontinue atezolizumab/placebo.
The primary aims of the study are 1) to determine value of atezolizumab in improving pathologic complete response in the breast and post-therapy lymph nodes evaluated histologically (pCR breast and nodes [(ypT0/Tis ypN0)]), and 2) to determine the value of atezolizumab in improving event-free survival (EFS). Secondary aims include: pathologic complete response in the breast (ypT0/Tis); pathologic complete response in the breast and lymph nodes (ypT0 ypN0); positive nodal status conversion rate; overall survival; recurrence-free interval: distant disease-free survival; brain metastases free survival; and toxicity. The stratification factors for the study are: 1) clinical size of the primary tumor (1.1-3.0 cm; > 3.0 cm); 2) nodal status as determined by protocol-specified criteria (negative, positive); 3) AC/EC (every 2 weeks; every 3 weeks); and 4) Region (North America; Europe).
For patient eligibility, local testing on the diagnostic core must have determined the patient's tumor to be ER-negative, PgR-negative, and HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP guidelines. Material from either the diagnostic core biopsy or the research biopsy must be sent for central testing for confirmation of ER, PgR, and HER2 to confirm eligibility. If local testing has determined a tumor to be HER2 equivocal or to have a borderline ER/PgR status (% IHC staining < 10% for both), material may be submitted for central testing to determine eligibility.
In order to proactively identify and further assess any cardiac toxicity that may occur with the combination of anthracyclines and atezolizumab, this study includes a cardiac safety lead-in for the first 60 patients who initiate AC/EC. The safety lead-in will consist of assessment of ECG and serum troponin-T obtained just prior to administration of the first dose of AC/EC, following completion of the administration of the 1st and 3rd cycle of AC/EC prior to initiation of the atezolizumab/placebo. An additional assessment of LVEF with echocardiogram or MUGA scan will also be obtained prior to the 3rd dose of AC/EC. In order to provide an early assessment of cardiac safety, results of the troponin-T assessments, ECGs, LVEF assessment, and cardiac safety data will be evaluated by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) when the last of the initial 20 patients who initiate AC/EC undergo their scheduled post-surgery LVEF assessment. When the last of the first 60 patients to initiate AC/EC undergo their scheduled post-surgery LVEF assessment, results of the troponin assessments, ECGs, LVEF assessments, and cardiac safety data from all 60 patients will be evaluated by the DSMB.
Research core biopsies of breast primary at baseline and 1-4 days prior to the second dose of atezolizumab/placebo are a study requirement for all patients. One to three representative blocks of residual primary tumor containing the maximum amount of tumor and node with the largest focus of metastasis is required from the definitive breast surgery if gross residual disease is greater than or equal to 1.0 cm. If gross residual disease is less than 1.0 cm, tissue should be submitted, if possible. Blood specimens will be collected on all patients at baseline for exploratory biomarker analysis and to support future correlative studies.
Accrual to NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze began in December 2017 and was completed in May 2021 with a total of 1550 patients randomized. Based on actual accrual and the decision to eliminate pCR as a co-primary endpoint, we recalculated the power to detect a hazard ratio of 0.70 attributed to the addition of atezolizumab, assuming a lost-to-follow-up rate of 0.00083 per month, using the actual accrual pattern for the power calculation. With 1550 patients accrued in 42 months, an additional 22 months follow up will allow us to obtain 252 events under the assumptions stated above, which will provide 80% power to detect a HR of 0.7 between the atezolizumab and the placebo arm at an overall 2-sided alpha level of 0.05.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind (participant, care provider, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Drug: PlaceboIV infusion once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 1), once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 2) and once every 3 weeks after surgery for 1 year after first dose |
| Atezolizumab | Experimental | Drug: AtezolizumabIV infusion, 1200mg, once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 1), once every 3 weeks for 4 doses (Cycle 2) and once every 3 weeks after surgery for 1 year after first dose |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (33 listed)
- The patient must have consented to participate and, prior to beginning specific study procedures, must have signed and dated an appropriate IRB-approved consent form that conforms to federal and institutional guidelines for study treatment and for submission of tumor samples from a research biospy as required by NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze for baseline correlative science studies.
- The diagnosis of invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast must have been made by core needle biopsy.
- Local testing on the diagnostic core must have determined the tumor to be ER-negative, PgR-negative, and HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP guidelines. (If local testing has determined a tumor to be HER2 equivocal or to have a borderline ER/PgR status (% IHC staining < 10% for both) and other eligibility criteria are met, material may be submitted for central testing to determine eligibility.)
- Central testing for ER, PgR, and HER2 will be performed, and the tumor must be determined to be ER-negative, PgR-negative, and HER2-negative by current ASCO/CAP Guidelines Recommendations.
- The tumor specimen used for central ER, PgR, and HER2 testing must also be used for central testing of PD-L1 status using the Ventana PD-L1 testing result including PD-L1 indeterminate Patients will be classifies as positive, negative, or indeterminate for stratification purposes.
Key exclusion criteria (38 listed)
- Excisional biopsy or lumpectomy performed prior to study entry.
- FNA alone to diagnose the breast cancer.
- Surgical axillary staging procedure prior to randomization. Exception: FNA or core biopsy of an axillary node is permitted for any patient. A pre-neoadjuvant therapy sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with clinically negative axillary nodes is prohibited.
- Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease.
- Previous history of contralateral invasive breast cancer. (Patients with synchronous and/or previous contralateral DCIS or LCIS are eligible.)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| PlaceboFollowing randomization, patients will receive Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 IV weekly x 12 doses + Carboplatin AUC of 5 IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 cycles + placebo IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 doses. Followed 2-3 weeks later by Doxorubicin (A) 60 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles OR Epirubicin (E) 90 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles. + placebo IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 3 to 4 doses depending on AC/EC schedule used. Approximately 3-4 weeks later: Surgery (Lumpectomy or mastectomy and axillary staging), followed by placebo IV Day 1 every 3 weeks after surgery until 1 year after the first dose. | Drug | Placebo |
| AtezolizumabFollowing randomization, patients will receive Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 IV weekly x 12 doses + Carboplatin AUC of 5 IV Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 cycles + Atezolizumab 1200 mg Day 1 every 3 weeks for 4 doses. Followed 2-3 weeks later by Doxorubicin (A) 60 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles OR Epirubicin (E) 90 mg/m2 IV + cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2 IV Day 1 every 2 or 3 weeks for 4 cycles. + Atezolizumab 1200 mg Day 1 every 3 weeks for 3 to 4 doses depending on AC/EC schedule used. Approximately 3-4 weeks later: Surgery (Lumpectomy or mastectomy and axillary staging), followed by Atezolizumab 1200 mg Day 1 every 3 weeks after surgery until 1 year after the first dose. | Drug | Atezolizumab |
Primary outcome
Event-free survival (EFS)
Time frame: From randomization until event, through study follow up to the time target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years
Time from randomization until event
12 secondary outcomes
Overall survival (OS)
Time frame: From date of randomization through study follow-up, to the time the target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years
Pathologic complete response in the breast and lymph nodes (ypT0/Tis ypN0)
Time frame: Following completion of neoadjuvant therapy (ypT0/Tis ypN0)
Distant disease-free survival (DDFS)
Time frame: From date of randomization through study follow-up, to the time the target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years
Disease-free survival (DFS)
Time frame: From the first breast surgical procedure to the first disease recurrence or death from any cause
Frequency of Adverse Events
Time frame: From beginning of study therapy to 90 days after last dose of study therapy
Frequency of immune Adverse Events of Special Interest
Time frame: From beginning of study therapy to 90 days after last dose of study therapy
Cardiac safety lead-in (Troponin-T)
Time frame: prior to initial dose of AC/EC following completion of carboplatin/paclitaxel co-administered with atezolizumab/placebo, approximately 12 weeks
Cardiac safety lead-in (Troponin-T)
Time frame: After administration of the 1st dose of AC/EC prior to administration of atezolizumab/placebo, approximately 1 hour after beginning the 1st dose of AC/EC
Cardiac safety lead-in (Troponin-T)
Time frame: After administration of the 3rd dose (Cycle 3; each cycle is 21 days) of AC/EC prior to administration of atezolizumab/placebo, approximately 1 hour after beginning the 3rd dose of AC/EC
Cardiac safety lead-in (Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF)
Time frame: Prior to initiation of carboplatin/paclitaxel and atezolizumab/placebo, at baseline
Cardiac safety lead-in (Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF)
Time frame: Prior to the 3rd cycle (each cycle is every 21 days) of AC/EC, approximately 6 weeks after initiation of AC/EC
Cardiac safety lead-in (Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF)
Time frame: Four to 6 weeks after surgery
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Apr 2024.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 42727049Balic M, Tang G, Rastogi P, Young G, Wallace M, Acosta J, Schneeweiss A, Hilton CJ, Freeman TJ, Li J, Denkert C, Reinisch M, Palomares MR, Arrick BA, Petitt M, Maley SK, Hassan S, Murali S, Boileau JF, Boudreau D, Polewski PJ, Mashru S, Hargis JB, Mortimer J, Thirlwell M, Sikov W, Tan AR, Garces J, Costa G, LoBello J, Mouta J, Darbonne WC, Baehner FL, Mamounas EP, Wolmark N, Loibl S, Geyer CE Jr. Evaluation of a Tumor-Informed Molecular Residual Disease Assay in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, With or Without Atezolizumab. JCO Precis Oncol. 2026 Sep;10(9):e2600114. doi: 10.1200/PO-26-00114. Epub 2026 Sep 11.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 42680950Loibl S, Tang G, Nekljudova V, Rastogi P, Rachakonda S, Reinisch M, Acosta J, Schneeweiss A, Hilton C, Seiler S, Bhargava R, Karn T, Cortazar P, Moreno F, Andersen J, Christensen S, Klare P, Murali S, Morales S, Huober J, Boileau JF, Rodriguez-Lescure A, Boudreau D, Polewski PJ, Teply-Szymanski J, Mouta J, Mamounas EP, Denkert C, Wolmark N, Geyer CE Jr. Atezolizumab in early triple-negative breast cancer: the randomized phase 3 NSABP B-59/GeparDouze trial. Nat Med. 2026 Sep 1. doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04565-6. Online ahead of print.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 32450725Perez-Garcia J, Soberino J, Racca F, Gion M, Stradella A, Cortes J. Atezolizumab in the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2020 Sep;20(9):981-989. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2020.1769063. Epub 2020 May 25.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Norman Wolmark, MD principal investigator
NSBP Foundation, Inc.
217 sites in 2 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing Atezolizumab in people with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, run by NSABP Foundation Inc at 217 sites in 2 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 33 inclusion and 38 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Apr 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 217 sites in United States, Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Event-free survival (EFS) (time frame: From randomization until event, through study follow up to the time target number of events is obtained, up to 5 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03281954, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Apr 2024.