Converting HR+ Breast Cancer Into an Individualized Vaccine

NCT03804944 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-01-28

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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.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

Focal Radiation therapy

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).

DRUG

Pembrolizumab (200mg IV for 30 minutes

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.

BIOLOGICAL

CDX-301

Ftl-3 ligand, self-administered by subcutaneous injections at week 1, daily, for 5 consecutive days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Celldex Therapeutics

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Silvia Formenti, M.D. · Weill Cornell Medicine - New York Presbyterian Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-17
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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