New drug cocktail targets tough breast cancer
NCT ID NCT03901469
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a combination of two drugs, ZEN003694 and talazoparib, in people with triple-negative breast cancer who do not have BRCA gene mutations. The trial aimed to see if the combo could shrink tumors or stop them from growing. It included 115 participants but was terminated early, so final results are not available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ZEN003694 (a BET inhibitor) combined with talazoparib (a PARP inhibitor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for triple-negative breast cancer patients who don't have BRCA mutations.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so results are limited. It was a phase 2 study, meaning it's still early and may not lead to a proven treatment. Side effects from the drug combination are possible.
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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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115 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2019
- Finished
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Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 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: 1. Females or males age ≥ 18 years (at time of signing informed consent) 2. Parts 1 and 2 only: Histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent or locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor (ER) ≤10%; progesterone receptor (PR) ≤10%; and HER2 negative by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) Expansion only: Histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent, or locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer as defined by the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) guidelines. 3. Patient is not a candidate for endocrine based therapy, based on Investigator judgement 4. Have a history of progressive disease despite prior therapy 5. Part 1: Have had at least 1 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy. Part 2: Have had no more than 2 prior chemotherapy-inclusive regimens for locally advanced or metastatic disease, unless approved by the Sponsor (no limit on prior targeted anticancer therapies such as mechanistic target or rapamycin (mTOR) or CDK4/6 inhibitors, immune-oncology agents, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, or monoclonal antibodies against CTL4 or VEGF.) Expansion Cohort A (combination treatment in post-TROP2-ADC patients): Have received TROP2-ADC therapy for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease. Expansion Cohort B (ZEN003694 monotherapy): Have had at least 1 prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease which may or may not have included a TROP2-ADC. Expansion Cohort C (combination treatment in TROP2-ADC-naive patients): Have had at least 1 prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease and who have not received prior TROP2-ADC therapy. 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 7. Part 2 and Expansion only: Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Documented germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2 2. Parts 1 and 2 only: Evidence of disease progression during platinum treatment either in the neoadjuvant or in the metastatic setting. For patients receiving platinum in the neoadjuvant setting, at least 6 months must have elapsed between the last dose of platinum-based treatment and enrollment 3. Part 2 only: Patients with inflammatory breast cancer 4. Current or anticipated use of medications known to be strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or substrates of CYP1A2 with narrow therapeutic windows. Strong inhibitors, inducers or substrates must be discontinued at least 7 days prior to the first administration of study drug. 5. Current or anticipated use within 7 days prior to the first administration of study drug, or during the study, of strong P-gp inhibitors. 6. Use of oral Factor Xa inhibitors (i.e., rivaroxaban, apixaban, betrixaban, edoxaban otamixaban, letaxaban, eribaxaban) and Factor IIa inhibitors (i.e., dabigatran). Low molecular weight heparin is allowed 7. Prior anticancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy, immunotherapy or investigational agent) within 3 weeks from the start of study drug (except for nitrosoureas and mitomycin C within 6 weeks from start of study drug) 8. Parts 1 and 2 only: Radiation to \>25% of the bone marrow 9. Treatment with a bone-targeted radionuclide within 6 weeks of first dose of study drug 10. Have previously received an investigational BET inhibitor (including previous participation in studies with the Sponsor's drug, ZEN003694); except for patients in Expansion Cohort B who received ZEN003694 monotherapy and are eligible to cross-over to combination treatment 11. Prior treatment with a PARP inhibitor 12. QTcF interval \> 470 msec 13. Insufficient recovery (i.e., has not recovered to at least Grade 1) from prior treatment-related toxicities except for alopecia, fatigue and Grade 2 neuropathy 14. Non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture (not including a pathological bone fracture caused by a pre-existing pathological bone lesion) 15. Parts 1 and 2 only: Brain metastases not adequately treated and clinically stable (at the discretion of the Investigator) for at least 3 months prior to the start of study treatment, unless a shorter interval is approved by the Sponsor's Medical Monitor Expansion only: Progressive, symptomatic, or untreated brain metastases. CNS metastases treated definitively with surgery and/or radiation must be radiographically stable based on imaging at least 3 months after definitive treatment. CNS metastases requiring steroid doses equivalent to prednisone doses \>10 mg daily or an increase in steroid doses due to CNS disease prior to consent are not eligible 16. Expansion only: Disease initially diagnosed with expression of estrogen receptor (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR) as ≥5% 17. Expansion only: Patients treated with prior endocrine therapy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affliated Hospital of Jining Medical University
Jining, Shandong, 272000, China
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Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gilbert, Arizona, 85234, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Emory University Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Hunan Cancer Hospital
Changsha, Hunan, 410000, China
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Institut Jules Bordet
Anderlecht, 1070, Belgium
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MD Anderson
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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START Madrid
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510289, China
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China
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Tennessee Oncology (Sarah Cannon)
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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The First Affiliated Hosptial of Bengbu Medical College
Bengbu, Anhui, 233000, China
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The Second People's Hospital of Neijiang
Neijiang, Sichuan, 641100, China
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Tianjing Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300060, China
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UZ Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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University of Kansas Cancer Center
Westwood, Kansas, 66203, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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