Smart chemo: tailoring treatment for HER2+ breast cancer to reduce side effects

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patients aged 18-70 years; 2. ECOG Performance Status (PS) score of 0-1; 3. Histologically confirmed operable early or locally advanced invasive breast cancer, with a primary tumor diameter \>2 cm; 4. Patients with pathologically or cytologically confirmed primary breast cancer. For multifocal tumors (multiple tumors confined to the same quadrant as the primary tumor), it is recommended that all lesions be confirmed as HER2-positive prior to enrollment; 5. TNM stage II-IIIc (T2-3, N0-1, M0 or T2-3, N2-3, M0 or T4, any N, M0); 6. Pathologically confirmed HER2 positivity: IHC result of 3+ or 2+/ISH+; 7. Known status of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), and Ki-67; 8. The patient agrees to provide tumor tissue and blood samples as specified in the protocol; 9. It is recommended that the patient's organ function meets the following requirements, as determined by the investigator based on each patient's condition: 1. Complete blood count (no blood transfusion within the past 14 days): Neutrophils (ANC) ≥1.5×10⁹/L; Platelets (PLT) ≥100×10⁹/L; Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥90 g/L; White blood cells (WBC) ≥2.5×10⁹/L; 2. Blood biochemistry: Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); for patients with Gilbert's syndrome, TBIL ≤2×ULN; Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5×ULN; Creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5×ULN; 3. Coagulation tests must meet the following criteria: Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and international normalized ratio (INR) ≤1.5×ULN (for patients not on anticoagulation); for patients on anticoagulation, PT within the expected range for prescribed anticoagulants is acceptable; 4. Cardiac echocardiography: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥55%; 10. Preoperative assessment indicates that the patient is likely to meet the surgical criteria after neoadjuvant therapy, is able to undergo surgery as assessed by the investigator, and can receive adjuvant therapy after surgery; 11. Non-lactating women with a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment; women of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraception during the study and for 6 months after the last dose of study medication; 12. Expected survival of more than 3 months; 13. The subject voluntarily agrees to participate in this study, signs an informed consent form, and demonstrates good compliance. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with metastatic breast cancer; 2. Patients with multifocal tumors (tumors involving more than one quadrant) or bilateral breast cancer; 3. Patients with a history of prior anti-tumor treatment, such as chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, HER2-targeted biological therapy, or previous breast surgery (excluding diagnostic biopsy for primary breast cancer); 4. Patients who have had or currently have other malignant tumors within the past 3 years. The following two situations are exceptions and may be included: other malignancies treated by a single operation and have achieved 5 consecutive years of disease-free survival (DFS); cured carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin cancers, and superficial bladder tumors \[Ta (non-invasive tumor), Tis (carcinoma in situ), and T1 (tumor invades lamina propria)\]; 5. Patients currently receiving treatment in other clinical studies (except those in overall survival follow-up in another study); 6. Patients who received major surgery, incisional biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment (excluding diagnostic biopsy for primary breast cancer); 7. Patients with long-term non-healing wounds or fractures; 8. Patients with a history of substance abuse who are unable to abstain, or those with psychiatric disorders; 9. Subjects with any serious and/or uncontrolled diseases, including: 1. History of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy, or uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \>150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg after antihypertensive treatment); 2. History of heart failure or systolic dysfunction (LVEF \< 55%); 3. Myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction of grade ≥2, arrhythmias (including male QTc≥450 ms, female QTc≥470 ms), and congestive heart failure of grade ≥2 (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] classification); 4. Angina pectoris requiring anti-anginal medication; 5. Clinically significant heart valve disease; 6. Positive screening for HCV, HIV, specific antitreponemal antibody, HBsAg, and peripheral blood HBV DNA level exceeding the normal range; 10. Imaging (CT or MRI) shows tumor invasion of major blood vessels, or in the investigator's judgment the tumor is highly likely to invade major vessels and cause fatal hemorrhage during the study; 11. History of active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment (e.g., with disease-modifying drugs, corticosteroids or immunosuppressants) within 2 years prior to study treatment initiation. Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiological corticosteroids for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered systemic treatment; 12. Diagnosed with immunodeficiency or receiving systemic glucocorticoid treatment or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy (dose \>10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent), and continues to use it within 2 weeks prior to first dosing; 13. Other comorbidities that would interfere with the planned treatment, including severe pulmonary dysfunction/disease, active or uncontrolled severe infection (≥CTCAE 5.0 grade 2 infection); 14. Allergic to any component or excipient of the study drug(s); 15. Participation in other anti-tumor drug clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to randomization; 16. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, women of childbearing potential with a positive baseline pregnancy test, or women of childbearing age unwilling to use effective contraception throughout the study; 17. In the investigator's opinion, patients with concomitant diseases that seriously endanger subject safety or affect study completion, or for any other reason are deemed unsuitable for enrollment.