New drug cocktail aims to wipe out breast cancer before surgery
NCT ID NCT04877821
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed phase 2 trial tested a combination of sintilimab (an immunotherapy), anlotinib (a drug that blocks blood vessel growth), and standard chemotherapy in 29 people with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. The treatment was given before surgery to shrink or eliminate the tumor. The main goal was to see how many patients had no cancer left at the time of surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sintilimab (immunotherapy), anlotinib (anti-angiogenesis drug), nab-paclitaxel, and carboplatin (chemotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could become a new pre-surgery treatment option for early triple-negative breast cancer, potentially improving the chance of eliminating all cancer before surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 29 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The combination also carries risks of side effects from immunotherapy, anti-angiogenesis drugs, and chemotherapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- 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 70 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Has newly diagnosed, locally advanced TNBC, as defined by the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines. * Has previously untreated locally advanced non-metastatic (M0) TNBC defined as the following combined primary tumor (T) and regional lymph node (N) staging per current American Joint Committee of Cancer (AJCC) staging criteria for breast cancer as assessed by the investigator based on radiological and/or clinical assessment: T1c, N1-N2 T2, N0-N2 T3, N0-N2 T4a-d, N0-N2 * Provides a core needle biopsy consisting of at least 2 separate tumor cores from the primary tumor at screening to the central laboratory. * Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 performed within 10 days of treatment initiation. * Demonstrates adequate organ function. * Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception for the course of the study through 12 months after the last dose of study treatment for participants who have received cyclophosphamide, and 6 months after the last dose of study treatment for participants who did not. Exclusion Criteria: * Has a history of invasive malignancy ≤5 years prior to signing informed consent except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer. * Has received prior chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and radiation therapy within the past 12 months. * Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (anti-PD-1), anti-programmed death - ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1), or antiangiogenic drug therapy. * Is currently participating in or has participated in an interventional clinical study with an investigational compound or device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment in this current study. * Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of the first dose of study treatment. * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy (i.e., dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone or equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment. * Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). * Has known active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. * Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis. * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. * Has significant cardiovascular disease, such as: history of myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome or coronary angioplasty/stenting/bypass grafting within the last 6 months OR congestive heart failure (CHF) New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV or history of CHF NYHA Class III or IV. * Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 12 months after the last dose of study treatment for participants who have received cyclophosphamide, and for 6 months after the last dose of study treatment for participants who have not. * Has a known hypersensitivity to the components of the study treatment or its analogs. * Has a known history of active tuberculosis (TB, Bacillus Tuberculosis).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NeoSACT
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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