Evaluating the Clinical Value of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Adjuvant Therapy of Triple-negative Breast Cancer

Evaluating the Clinical Value of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Adjuvant Therapy of Triple-negative Breast Cancer

This is a prospective, single site, randomized, double-blind Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the clinical value of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the adjuvant therapy of triple-negative breast cancer patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women aged 18-70 years old;
• Pathologically confirmed stage I-III breast cancer after early breast cancer surgery, and is confirmed by histopathology to be triple negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor (ER)-negative/ progesterone receptor (PR)-negative/ human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative). HER2-negative is defined as a negative in situ hybridization test or an immunohistochemistry (IHC) status of 0, 1+ or 2+. If IHC is 2+, a negative in situ hybridization test is required by local laboratory testing;
• Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1; life expectancy is ≥ 6 months;
• Has adequate organ function meeting the following criteria: (1) adequate bone marrow function: hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L (no blood transfusion within 14 days); absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109 /L; platelet count ≥ 100 * 109 /L; (2)adequate liver and kidney function: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3×upper limit of normal (ULN), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3×ULN, Total Bilirubin (TBIL)≤ 1.5×ULN, serum creatinine ≤ 1×ULN，and with endogenous creatinine clearance rate of >50 ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula).
• Participant has completed the last of their post surgical radiotherapy and chemotherapy within the last 6 months before date of enrollment, and no tumor recurrence or metastasis at the time of enrollment.
• Participants voluntarily joined the study, has signed informed consent before any trial related activities are conducted, has good compliance and has agreed to follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has bilateral breast cancer;
• Has previous history of additional malignancy, with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma and cervical carcinoma in situ.
• Has metastatic (Stage 4) breast cancer;
• Has any >T4 lesion (UICC1987) (with skin involvement, mass adhesion and fixation, and inflammatory breast cancer);
• Is pregnant, is breast feeding women, or women of childbearing age who cannot practice effective contraceptives;
• Patients participating in other drug related clinical trials at the same time;
• Has severe organ dysfunction (cardiopulmonary liver and kidney) insufficiency, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50% (cardiac ultrasound); severe cardio cerebral vascular disease within the 6 months previous of randomization (such as unstable angina, chronic heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension with blood pressure>150/90mmgh, myocardial infarction, or cerebral blood vessel); diabetic patients with poor blood glucose control; patients with severe hypertension;
• Has known allergy to study medication;
• Has severe or uncontrolled infection;
• Has a history of psychotropic substance abuse and were unable to abandon drug habits, or those with history of mental disorders;
• The researchers judged patients to be unsuitable for the study.