Prospective Study of the Prosigna Assay on Neoadjuvant Clinical Decision-making in Women With HR+/Her2- Breast Cancer



Status:Not yet recruiting
Conditions:Breast Cancer, Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:11/23/2018
Start Date:November 30, 2018
End Date:January 31, 2022
Contact:Sarah Tolaney, MD
Email:Sara_Tolaney@dfci.harvard.edu
Phone:617-632-2335

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This research study is evaluating a genomic analysis called Predictor Analysis of Microarray
50 (PAM50, by Prosigna®) as a tool to possibly guide the participant and the treating
physician to choose the most personalized pre-operative treatment for breast cancer.

As the investigators understanding of how ER-positive breast cancer (a type of cancer in
which the cells need the hormone estrogen to grow) improves, more treatment decisions are
being tailored to an individual's unique genetic makeup. National medical guidelines now
include the routine use of tumor profiling tests, like the Prosigna® assay, which look at the
gene activity of a person's cancer cells to determine the likely outcome or course of a
disease (prognosis) and predict the benefit of chemotherapy or endocrine therapy after breast
surgery.

Currently, the Prosigna® assay (also called PAM-50) is FDA approved as a tool that physicians
can use to help make decisions about a patient's treatment after their breast surgery. In
these cases, physicians run this test using tumor tissue from a patient's breast surgery.
However, the Prosigna® assay is not approved for use preoperatively, or before surgery.

Previous studies showed that the Prosigna® assay was able to identify tumor types that were
more likely to benefit from treatment before surgery (whether it's hormonal therapy or
chemotherapy). In this study, the investigators will use tumor tissue from the participant's
biopsy to run the Prosigna® assay. The test may give both the participant and the
investigators more information about the best possible treatment option for the participant
before surgery.

This study is being done to determine how Prosigna® assay results may affect the physician's
choice of treatment before surgery and how well patients understand the test and its
implications.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients pre- or post-menopausal must have histologically confirmed early
stage/locally advanced invasive breast cancer

- ER or PR ≥ 1% by immunohistochemistry (IHC)

- HER2-negative status, according to guidelines by ASCO CAP guidelines:

https://www.asco.org/practice-guidelines/quality-guidelines/guidelines/breast-cancer#/9751

- Tumor size ≥ 0.5cm (clinical or radiographic measurements)

- Any nodal status allowed

- Age > 18 years old

- Felt to be a possible candidate for neoadjuvant systemic therapy by their treating
physician

Exclusion Criteria:

- ER-negative and PR-negative invasive breast cancer (< 1% by IHC)

- Known metastatic disease
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Principal Investigator: Sarah Tolaney, MD
Phone: 617-632-2335
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