Randomised, Phase II/III, 3 Stage Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Addition of Olaparib to Platinum-based Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients With TNBC and/or gBRCA.
This neoadjuvant trial for patients with TNBC and/or gBRCA breast cancer, aims to investigate the safety and efficacy (improvement in pathological Complete Response at surgery) of concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy with olaparib an inhibitor of the PARP enzyme (PARPi).
• Aged between 16 and 70.
• Written informed consent, willing and able to comply with the Protocol for the duration of the trial including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations.
• Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer.
• ER-negative\*, and HER2-negative\*\* breast cancer (TNBC). Patients will be eligible with any PR status but PR expression must be scored.
⁃ OR
• Germline BRCA (gBRCA) mutation positive, HER2 negative, and PgR / ER of any status.
• T1, T2 or T3 tumours.
• T4 tumour of any size with direct extension to (a) chest wall or (b) skin. OR Inflammatory carcinoma with tumour of any size. OR
⁃ Other Locally Advanced Disease:
• Involvement of ipsilateral large or fixed axillary lymph nodes, or infra or supraclavicular nodes (\>10mm diameter or clinical N2 or N3) and primary breast tumour of any diameter.
• Involvement of ipsilateral large or fixed axillary lymph nodes, or infra or supraclavicular nodes (\>10mm diameter, or clinical N2 or N3), without a primary breast tumour identified, the presence of breast cancer in a Lymph Node (LN) must be histopathologically confirmed by LN biopsy.
⁃ OR
⁃ Multifocal tumour:
⁃ \- with at least one tumour with a size\>10mm.
• Patients with bilateral disease are eligible to enter the trial provided that both breast disease meets the above criteria.
• Be fit to receive the trial chemotherapy regimen in the opinion of the responsible clinician:
⁃ Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, and renal function. ECOG performance status of 0, or 1.
• Treatment should be commenced within 6 weeks of the diagnostic biopsy. In uncommon circumstances, where medically acceptable, treatment is permitted to start within a maximum of 9 weeks of the diagnostic biopsy.
• Availability of the Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes score is required.
• Availability of CK 5/6 and EGFR +/- Androgen Receptor IHC score.
• Availability of slides and paraffin embedded tissue blocks from pre-chemotherapy core biopsy and from primary surgical resection is required.
• Women of child-bearing potential (WCBP), defined as not surgically sterilized or not post-menopausal for at least 24 consecutive months if age ≤55 year or 12 months if age \>55 years, must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 14 days prior to randomisation.
• All WCBP and all sexually active male patients as well as their partners must be aware that they should not conceive during the treatment period and therefore should routinely use effective forms of contraception, throughout their participation in the trial and for at least 6 months after the last dose of trial treatment. Please follow the olaparib contraception guidelines.