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Last refreshed on: 17 April 2023
Main ID:  NCT01722890
Date of registration: 25/10/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Cancer Trials Ireland
Public title: CharactHer. ICORG 12-09, V3
Scientific title: CharactHer: A Study of the Molecular and Cytogenetic Characteristics of HER2-positive Breast Cancers to Predict Durable Complete Response After Chemotherapy and Trastuzumab
Date of first enrolment: July 2012
Target sample size: 130
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01722890
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Ireland Italy
Contacts
Name:     Giuseppe Gullo, Medicine and Surgery
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  St. Vincent's University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria for Cohort 1:

1. Histologically proven AJCC TNM stage II-IV invasive breast cancer

2. HER2-positivity defined as score 3+ on IHC and/or with HER2/neu amplification on FISH
test (HER2/CEP17 ratio >2.0 on PathVysion test)

3. Evidence of complete response (CR) according to RECIST 1.1 criteria lasting for at
least 36 months (for stage IV patients only) following a first-line chemotherapy and
trastuzumab

4. Pathological Complete Response (pCR) following a neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) and
trastuzumab (for stage II-III patients only). pCR is defined as no evidence of
residual invasive carcinoma in the breast (ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is allowed)
AND in all the examined lymph nodes (micro-metastases and isolated tumour cells are
not allowed).

5. At least one FFPE archived tissue sample from the primary tumour and/or a metastatic
site(s) available for laboratory analyses

6. Adequate follow up information

Inclusion criteria for Cohort 2:

1. Histologically proven AJCC TNM stage II-IV invasive breast cancer

2. HER2-positivity defined as score 3+ on IHC and/or with HER2/neu amplification on FISH
test (HER2/CEP17 ratio>2.0 on PathVysion test)

3. Progression of disease according to RECIST 1.1 while receiving trastuzumab (in
association with chemotherapy or as single agent as maintenance therapy) or within 6
months from last dose of trastuzumab (for stage IV patients only)

4. Residual invasive tumour in the breast larger than 2cm and /or at least one micro- or
macro-metastasis in the axillary lymph nodes following pre-operative
trastuzumab-containing chemotherapy (for stage II-III patients only)

5. At least one FFPE archived tissue sample from the primary tumour and/or a metastatic
site(s) available for laboratory analyses

6. Adequate follow up information

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any deviation from the above mentioned Inclusion criteria



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HER2-positive Breast Cancer
TNM Stage II-IV Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Panel of molecular and cytogenetic biomarkers able to predict Durable Complete Response (DCR) after chemotherapy and trastuzumab in patients with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
ICORG 12-09
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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