Atorvastatin in Treating Patients With Stage IIb-III Triple Negative Breast Cancer Who Did Not Achieve a Pathologic Complete Response After Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Clinical Trial

Official title: Atorvastatin in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Patients Who Did Not Achieve a Pathologic Complete Response (pCR) After Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, a Multicenter Pilot Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase II trial studies how well atorvastatin works in treating patients with stages IIb-III triple negative breast cancer who did not achieve a pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Pathologic complete response is the lack of all signs of cancer in tissue samples removed during surgery after upfront chemotherapy. Atorvastatin is used for the treatment of high cholesterol and may reduce the risk of triple negative breast cancer from coming back. Triple-negative breast cancer is a type of breast malignancy that is comprised of cancer cells that do not have estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, or large amounts of HER2/neu protein. Patients with TNBC do not have established systemic therapies such as anti-estrogens or HER2-targeting agents to reduce recurrence after surgery, and residual cancer found at surgery is associated with higher relapse rate.

Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the proportion of patients with undetectable circulating tumor cells (CTCs) at 6 months in patients with stage IIB/III triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) who did not achieve a pathologic complete response a (pCR) or Residual Cancer Burden-I (RCB-I) after receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with and without atorvastatin therapy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if baseline fasting lipid profile level (low density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C]) and/or change in serum lipid levels are a predictive biomarker of change in the proportion of patients with CTCs. II. To assess effect of biomarkers on atorvastatin treatment response, defined as CTCs, circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (ctDNA), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), serum Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and other inflammatory cytokines, for the purpose of identifying the optimal patient population for future larger scale adjuvant studies. III. To determine if baseline fasting lipid profile level (LDL-C) and/or change in serum lipid levels are associated with 2-year relapse free survival (RFS) rate. IV. To determine if baseline CRP and/or change in serum lipid levels are a predictive biomarker of change in the proportion of patients with CTCs. V. To determine if baseline C-reactive protein (CRP) and/or change in CRP are associated with 2-year RFS rate. VI. To determine if baseline absolute number of CTCs and/or CTC change are associated with 2-year RFS rate. VII. To estimate the 2-year RFS rate of patients with TNBC who did not achieve pCR with and without atorvastatin therapy. VIII. To describe the toxicity and adverse events profile of atorvastatin treatment when given concurrently with standard doses of radiotherapy to the chest wall and regional nodes. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the correlation between multiplexed imaging biomarkers in the normal or tumor tissue taken at the time of surgery, and response to atorvastatin-induced CTC changes or with measured outcomes. OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients receive standard of care atorvastatin orally (PO) once daily (QD) for up to 24 months. A physical exam is performed, and blood drawn at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after starting standard of care treatment or at any time the disease appears to get worse. GROUP II: Patients not eligible to receive atorvastatin, will be enrolled into non-statin observation group with/without capecitabine treatment. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Anatomic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Breast Neoplasms
• Carcinoma
• Estrogen Receptor Negative
• HER2/Neu Negative
• Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma
• Progesterone Receptor Negative
• Prognostic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Prognostic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Prognostic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Prognostic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Prognostic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
• Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v7
• Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v7
• Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
• Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma

• NCT number: NCT03872388
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: January 14, 2019
• Completion date: October 19, 2023