New immune booster shows promise in early breast cancer trial
NCT ID NCT02950259
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new immune-boosting treatment called IRX-2 in 16 people with early stage breast cancer. The goal was to see if giving IRX-2 before chemotherapy is safe and helps the immune system fight the tumor. The treatment was given before surgery, and researchers looked for any delays in surgery and changes in immune cells inside the tumor.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2017
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Invasive breast cancer of any receptor subtype diagnosed by core-needle biopsy * To undergo surgical resection with curative intent by partial mastectomy (lumpectomy) or mastectomy or * Triple negative breast cancer (defined by ER\<10%, PR\<10%, and HER2-negative by NCCN guidelines), T1c+ tumors for which neoadjuvant anthracycline-based and non-platinum containing chemotherapy is planned * Tumor \>5 mm in maximum diameter by ultrasound or mammography. (Subjects with smaller tumors may be included at the discretion of the Principal Investigator.) * Willing and able to provide written informed consent, including consent for use of available tissue and required blood draws for research purposes * Availability of at least one tumor-bearing core specimen from the breast cancer diagnostic biopsy * Karnofsky Performance status (KPS) 70% or greater. * Female or male ≥18 years of age on day of signing informed consent. * Adequate organ function as defined by protocol specified lab results Exclusion Criteria: * Prior neoadjuvant systemic therapy is planned * Prior surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy for this cancer (other than core-needle biopsy) * Received an investigational agent within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment. * Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or has received more than replacement doses of corticosteroids any other immunosuppressive therapy within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment * Hypersensitivity to IRX 2, cyclophosphamide, indomethacin, aspirin or ciprofloxacin. * Chronic anticoagulation, not including aspirin, but including heparins, warfarin, oral anticoagulants or other platelet function inhibitors, that cannot, in the documented opinion of the investigator, safely be interrupted from at least 2 days prior to the initiation of the study regimen until after surgical resection of the tumor. * Another malignancy that required active treatment within 6 months of the first dose of treatment * History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, such that trial participation is not in the best interest of the subject, including but not limited to uncontrolled hypertension or clinically significant cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction within the previous 3 months, active infection or pneumonitis or other pulmonary disease requiring systemic therapy, clinically significant gastritis or peptic ulcer disease (that would preclude the use of indomethacin), stroke of other symptoms of cerebral vascular insufficient within the last 3 months, autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment within the past 2 years (other than hormone replacement doses), or uncontrolled psychiatric or substance abuse disorders. * Pregnancy or lactation. * Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies), active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive) or Hepatitis C (e.g., HCV RNA \[qualitative\] is detected).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Providence Portland Medical Center
Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States
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