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Patients receive weekly paclitaxel 80mg/m2, eventually dose-adjusted in relation to side effects, for a 12-week period. Thereafter, treatment is switched to endocrine treatment in combination with palbociclib. Pre- or perimenopausal women and all men are treated with tamoxifen, alternatively with an LHRH analogue in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (only women); postmenopausal women receive an aromatase inhibitor together with palbociclib 125 mg orally days 1-21, followed by a 7-days rest period, repeated twice during the second 12-week period

Pre- or perimenopausal women and all men are treated with tamoxifen together with palbociclib 125 mg orally days 1-21, followed by a 7-days rest period, repeated twice during a 12-week period. Thereafter, treatment is switched to weekly paclitaxel 80mg/m2, eventually dose-adjusted in relation to side effects, for further 12 weeks.

Postmenopausal women receive an aromatase inhibitor together with palbociclib 125 mg orally days 1-21, followed by a 7-days rest period, repeated twice during a 12-week period. Thereafter, treatment is switched to weekly paclitaxel 80mg/m2, eventually dose-adjusted in relation to side effects, for further 12 weeks.

Pre- or perimenopausal women may be treated with goserelin and an aromatase inhibitor together with palbociclib 125 mg orally days 1-21, followed by a 7-days rest period, repeated twice during a 12-week period. Thereafter, treatment is switched to weekly paclitaxel 80mg/m2, eventually dose-adjusted in relation to side effects, for further 12 weeks.

Any brand of paclitaxel may be used, excluding nab-paclitaxel

Tamoxifen + Palbociclib

Any brand of letrozole, anastrozole or exemestane may be used

Aromatase Inhibitor + Palbociclib

Goserelin + Aromatase Inhibitor + Palbociclib

Thomas Hatschek, Assoc Prof

Jonas Bergh, Professor

The purpose of this neoadjuvant trial is to evaluate efficacy and toxicity of chemotherapy using weekly paclitaxel (arm A) versus the combination of the cdk 4/6 inhibitor palbociclib and standard endocrine treatment (arm B). After 12 weeks treatment is switched crossover. During the 24-weekly treatment period, clinical and radiological evaluations are performed repeatedly. Switch between the treatment arms A and B is allowed in case of lack of response or due to toxicity. A translational subprotocol is a mandatory part of the study protocol, except for use of PET-CT evaluations. Postoperatively, patients receive three 3-weekly courses of chemotherapy with a combination of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide.

Patients are randomized to either weekly treatment with paclitaxel (arm A) or endocrine treatment in combination with palbociclib (arm B) for 12 weeks. Choice of endocrine treatment is for pre- and perimenopausal women and all men tamoxifen 20 mg daily, alternatively for women in this age cohort, an LHRH analogue in combination with an aromatase inhibitor, for all postmenopausal women treatment with an aromatase inhibitor. The aromatase inhibitors to be used according to local practice are anastrozole 1 mg daily, exemestane 25 mg daily, or letrozole 2.5 mg daily. Pre- or perimenopausal women and all men are treated with tamoxifen, alternatively with an LHRH analogue in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (only women). Postmenopausal women receive an aromatase inhibitor.

After 12 weeks, patients without signs of disease progression (PD) are switched to either endocrine treatment in combination with palbociclib (arm A) or weekly treatment with paclitaxel (arm B) for 12 weeks. Postoperatively, patients receive three 3-weekly courses of chemotherapy with a combination of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide.

Before start, after 6, 12, 18 and 24 weeks of treatment, radiological assessments of tumor size are performed using mammography and ultrasound alt. MRI breast; PET-CT, confined to the breast and regional lymph nodes, before start, after 12 and 24 weeks, blood tests before start, after 1 week, 12, 18 and 24 weeks. Physical examinations are performed before start and then four-weekly after weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 weeks of treatment.

In case of disease progression during ongoing study treatment, individualized management in the patient's best interest must be considered, in which case surgery is the primary option.

Neoadjuvant Response-guided Treatment of Luminal B-type Tumors and Luminal A-type Tumors With Node Metastases

PREDIX Luminal B - Neoadjuvant Response-guided Treatment of ER Positive Tumors With High Proliferation or Low Proliferation With Metastatic Nodes. Part of a Platform of Translational Phase II Trials Based on Molecular Subtypes

Radiological response by use of mammography and ultrasound, alternatively MRI of the breast, if mammography/ultrasound does not allow for objective measurements of the primary tumor. Clinical measurements using calliper, if the tumor is palpable and tumor size cannot be estimated by radiological methods

Presence/abscense of residual tumor in mm, fibrosis and other signs of response by histology

Disease-free survival includes all events related to breast cancer, and death from any cause during the follow-up period

Breast cancer-specific survival includes all events related to breast cancer and death caused by breast cancer during the follow-up period

Overall survival relates to death from any cause during the follow-up period

Safety will be assessed using NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 (CTCAE) for reporting laboratory and non-laboratory toxicities

Refers to the rate of patients who are operated with breast-conserving surgery compared with mastectomy

New Generation Sequencing (NGS) is performed on biopsies from the tumors with the aim to classify the tumors according to PAM50. Repeated analyses of tumor tissue during the treatment process will be performed to identify heterogeneity and mutations which might be responsible for resistance to study treatment. Blood samples are collected to identify tumor DNA sequences which might predict recurrence during the follow-up period. Tissue and blood samples are also analyzed in case of recurrence. The results are descriptive and expressed as clustering. Units of measure are lacking

Proteome analyses with the intention to identify tumor-specific pathways are performed on repeated biopsies from the tumors. The results are descriptive, defined units of measure are lacking

Immunohistochemistry on core biopsies before start, after 10 weeks of treatment, and tumor samples from the surgical specimen. Presence of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR), described as percentage in relation to the total count of tumor cells

Immunohistochemistry on core biopsies before start, after 10 weeks of treatment, and tumor samples from the surgical specimen. Presence of cells indicating proliferation by use of Ki67, described as percentage in relation to the total count of tumor cells

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