New drug combo aims to stop aggressive breast cancer from returning
NCT ID NCT07622836
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether adding an immunotherapy drug called QL1706 to standard chemotherapy after surgery can help prevent high-risk triple-negative breast cancer from coming back. About 59 women with this aggressive cancer type will receive the combination treatment, followed by maintenance QL1706 alone. The main goal is to see how many women remain cancer-free three years later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- QL1706 (a combination of two antibodies, Aipaluoli and tovorilimab) plus AC-T chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective post-surgery treatment option for people with high-risk triple-negative breast cancer, potentially reducing the chance of the cancer coming back.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase (Phase II) trial with only 59 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment combines chemotherapy with an immunotherapy drug, which can cause significant side effects, and it's not yet known if it will improve long-term survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 59 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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: 1. The participant voluntarily joins this study and signs the informed consent form. 2. Female breast cancer participants aged ≥18 and ≤75 years, with a histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of TNBC (IHC 0, IHC 1+, or IHC 2+/ISH-) based on the most recent biopsy or other pathological specimen, according to the latest ASCO/CAP guidelines. Patients with low ER or PR expression (1%-10%) may also be included in this study. 3. Patients with high-risk TNBC (defined as lymph node-positive). 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 5. Agree to provide intraoperatively obtained tumor histopathological specimens (FFPE, at least 5 sections) for biomarker testing. 6. Expected survival ≥3 months. 7. Function of vital organs meets the following requirements (use of any blood components or cell growth factors within 14 days before the first dose is not allowed): * Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×10⁹/L; * Platelet count ≥100×10⁹/L; * Hemoglobin ≥90 g/L; * Serum albumin ≥30 g/L; * Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) ≤1×ULN (if abnormal, FT3 and FT4 levels should also be assessed; if FT3 and FT4 are within normal range, the patient may be enrolled); * Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN; * ALT and AST ≤2.5×ULN; in the presence of liver metastases, ALT and AST ≤5×ULN; * ALP ≤2.5×ULN (in patients with liver or bone metastases, ALP ≤5×ULN); * Serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN; * International normalized ratio (INR) ≤1.5×ULN (not receiving anticoagulation therapy). 8. Female participants who are not surgically sterilized or are of childbearing potential must use a medically approved contraceptive method (such as an intrauterine device, contraceptive pill, or condom) during the study treatment period and for 3 months after the end of the study treatment. Female participants of childbearing potential who are not surgically sterilized must have a negative serum or urine HCG test within 7 days before the first dose and must not be lactating. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of any active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease (e.g., including but not limited to: autoimmune hepatitis, interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism); however, participants with the following conditions are allowed to enroll: vitiligo, psoriasis, alopecia not requiring systemic treatment; well-controlled type I diabetes mellitus; hypothyroidism stable on hormone replacement; childhood asthma that has completely resolved and requires no intervention in adulthood; asthma requiring bronchodilators for medical intervention is excluded. 2. Current use of immunosuppressants or systemic corticosteroid therapy for immunosuppressive purposes (dose \>10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent) within 2 weeks prior to enrollment. 3. History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to other monoclonal antibodies. 4. Prior discontinuation of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody therapy due to related toxicity. 5. Known history or evidence of interstitial lung disease or active non-infectious pneumonitis. 6. History of CNS metastases or current central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Baseline imaging to rule out brain metastases is not mandatory. Patients with unknown CNS metastasis status but with any clinical signs suggestive of CNS metastases are eligible only if CT and/or MRI scans rule out CNS metastases. 7. Previous history of other malignancies (except for patients with non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, who are eligible; patients with other prior malignancies must have been disease-free for at least 3 years). 8. Hypertension poorly controlled with antihypertensive medication (systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg); achieving the above parameters with antihypertensive treatment is allowed. History of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy. 9. Within 6 months before first dose, known history of unstable angina, myocardial infarction (MI), or chronic heart failure (CHF), or known history of clinically significant arrhythmia requiring antiarrhythmic therapy (except stable atrial fibrillation), or left ventricular ejection fraction \<50%. 10. Current thrombolytic or anticoagulant therapy; prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin or low-molecular-weight heparin is permitted. 11. Presence of pleural effusion, ascites, or pericardial effusion requiring drainage; patients may be enrolled if clinically stable after drainage as assessed by the investigator. 12. Arterial/venous thrombotic events occurring within 6 months before enrollment, such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attack, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction), deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. 13. Major vascular disease (e.g., aortic aneurysm requiring surgical repair or recent peripheral arterial thrombosis) within 6 months before start of study treatment. 14. Major surgery (excluding diagnostic procedures) within 4 weeks before start of study treatment, or anticipated need for major surgery during the study. 15. Urinalysis showing urine protein ≥++ and confirmed 24-hour urine protein \>1.0 g. 16. Prior radiotherapy (except palliative radiotherapy for bone lesions), chemotherapy, or surgery (except biopsy) with completion (last dose) less than 4 weeks before the first study dose; last dose of antibody therapy less than 4 weeks before first study dose; molecular targeted therapy (including oral targeted drugs from other clinical trials) less than 5 half-lives before first study dose, or adverse reactions from prior treatment (excluding alopecia) not recovered to ≤CTCAE grade 1. 17. Active infection, unexplained fever ≥38.5°C within 7 days before dosing, or baseline white blood cell count \>15×10⁹/L. 18. Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (e.g., HIV infection); hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive with HBV DNA ≥2000 IU/mL; or hepatitis C virus antibody positive. 19. Prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors such as anti-PD-1, PD-L1, or anti-CTLA-4. 20. Receipt of live vaccine within 4 weeks before first study dose or possible vaccination during the study period. 21. As judged by the investigator, any other condition that may affect the study results or cause forced premature termination of the study, such as alcoholism, drug abuse, other serious diseases (including psychiatric illness) requiring concomitant treatment, severe laboratory abnormalities, or family/social factors that may affect patient safety. 22. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210000, China
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