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MT-II, Ac-Nle-cyclo[Asp-His-D-Phe-Arg-Trp-Lys]-NH2

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Studies 3
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Recruiting PHASE2 INTERVENTIONAL NCT03804944

Converting HR+ Breast Cancer Into an Individualized Vaccine

View on ClinicalTrials.gov Updated Dec 15, 2025

Brief Summary

Newly diagnosed post-menopausal women with clinical stage II-III, HR+HER2- breast cancer are eligible to a randomized trial, concurrently open at five US academic institutions. Patients receiving 4 months of standard neoadjuvant hormonal therapy with letrozole are randomly assigned to one of 4 arms of a trial testing focal hypo-fractionated RT alone or with immunotherapy combinations.

Detailed Description

Patients will be on the study for a total of 5 months, this includes 4 months on active study intervention, with breast surgery at week 16 and one month follow up period, after surgery. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of these 4 arms - 1. Anti-PD1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) will be infused day 12, at the standard dose of 200 mg IV over 30 minutes, repeated every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. 2. FLT3L (CDX-301, the recombinant human protein by Celldex) will be self-administered subcutaneously, in 5 consecutive daily injections, week 1, day 1-5. 3. For all arms radiation therapy to the breast tumor will begin on week 2 (Day 8,10,12), at dose of 8 Gy x 3 fractions, every other day. 4. Letrozole (Femara ®, Novartis) 2.5 mg tabs, once a day, daily for 4 months, until surgery, and thereafter is decided by the treating physician.

Interventions

Name: Focal Radiation therapy
Type: RADIATION
Description: Focal hypo-fractionated radiation therapy 8 Gy x 3 fractions, starting day 8, every other day (M/W/F or W/F/M or F/M/W).
Name: Pembrolizumab (200mg IV for 30 minutes
Type: DRUG
Description: Pembrolizumab, on day 12 (last day of radiotherapy), infused over 200mg IV over 30 minutes and then repeated every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Name: CDX-301
Type: BIOLOGICAL
Description: Ftl-3 ligand, self-administered by subcutaneous injections at week 1, daily, for 5 consecutive days.

Primary Outcomes

Measure: Tolerability will be demonstrated if no grade 3 or higher toxicities are observed in the first 8 patients, of each arm.
TimeFrame: 3 years
Description: Tolerability of adding immunotherapy to a combination of tumor radiotherapy and endocrine therapy in the neoadjuvant setting of newly diagnosed HR+ breast cancer patients will be assessed if no grade 3 or higher toxicities are observed in the first 8 patients of each arm. CTCAE version 5.0 will be used.
Measure: Clinical response rate to tumor radiation +/-immunotherapy during standard endocrine therapy for HR+ breast cancer will be measured.
TimeFrame: 3 years
Description: Clinical response rate to tumor radiation +/-immunotherapy during standard endocrine therapy for HR+ breast cancer will be measured.
Measure: Pathological response rate to tumor radiation +/-immunotherapy during standard endocrine therapy for HR+ breast cancer will be measured.
TimeFrame: 3 years
Description: Pathological response rate to tumor radiation +/-immunotherapy during standard endocrine therapy for HR+ breast cancer will be measured.

Trial Information

NCT ID

NCT03804944

Status

Recruiting

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Phases

PHASE2

Sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Last Updated

December 15, 2025