ENHANCE trial: unlocking the immune secrets of breast cancer treatment
NCT ID NCT04897009
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how chemotherapy given before surgery affects the immune system in people with operable breast cancer. Researchers will collect blood samples to see if certain immune cells can predict how well the tumor responds to treatment. The goal is to better understand the link between the immune system and breast cancer therapy, which could lead to more personalized care in the future.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with histologically confirmed, operable, invasive breast cancer
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>= 18 years * Histologically confirmed, operable, invasive breast cancer. Note: Patients with oligometastatic breast cancer (up to 3 isolated distant metastases) will be eligible after review and approval by principal investigator (PI) * Recommended to receive neoadjuvant systemic treatment by their primary medical oncologist and planning to receive one of the regimens * Provide written informed consent * Willing to return to Mayo Clinic for breast cancer surgery * Willingness to provide mandatory blood specimens for future research on breast cancer at Mayo Clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have already initiated neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the current malignancy * Inability to provide blood samples based on the judgement of the treating physician * Inability to comply with the protocol * Patient is pregnant or plans to become pregnant
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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