New drug combo aims to shrink tough breast tumors before surgery

NCT ID NCT02530489

Summary

This study tested a two-drug combination given before surgery to treat triple-negative breast cancer, a type that can be harder to treat. It involved 37 patients whose cancer did not shrink enough after standard initial chemotherapy. The goal was to see if adding an immunotherapy drug (atezolizumab) to a chemotherapy drug (nab-paclitaxel) could better shrink tumors, potentially allowing for less extensive surgery.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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