Efficacy Study of Herceptin to Treat HER2-negative CTC Breast Cancer (TREAT-CTC)
![]() |
The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01548677 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 8, 2012
Last Update Posted : March 13, 2019
|
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
This is a randomized phase II trial for patients with HER2 negative primary Breast Cancer (BC) who after completing (neo) adjuvant chemotherapy and surgery have detectable circulating tumour cells (CTC) in peripheral blood.
Eligible patients will be randomised in 1:1 ratio to either the trastuzumab arm or the observation arm.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
Breast Cancer Human Epidermal Growth Factor 2 Negative Carcinoma of Breast Circulating Tumor Cells | Drug: trastuzumab | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1317 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | TRastuzumab in HER2-negative Early Breast Cancer as Adjuvant Treatment for Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) ("TREAT CTC" Trial) |
Study Start Date : | April 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
---|---|
No Intervention: observation
18 weeks
|
|
Experimental: Herceptin (trastuzumab)
18 weeks
|
Drug: trastuzumab
8 mg/kg of loading dose IV over 90 minutes for the first cycle, followed by 6 mg/kg IV over 60 minutes every 3 weeks for the 5 subsequent cycles.
Other Names:
|
- CTC detection [ Time Frame: 18 weeks post randomisation ]To compare circulating tumour cell (CTC)detection rate at week 18 between trastuzumab treatment arm and observational arm.
- RFI (recurrence free interval) [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI (last patient in) ]Recurrence Free Interval (RFI) (key secondary endpoint) between trastuzumab and observation
- IDFS (Invasive Disease Free Survival) [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI ]Invasive Disease Free Survival between trastuzumab and observation
- DFS (disease free survival) [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI ]Disease Free survival between trastuzumab and observation
- OS (overall survival) [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI ]Overall Survival between trastuzumab and observation
- CTC essay [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI ]To evaluate in a clinical trial setting the feasibility, reliability, within patient reproducibility and variability of the assay for CTC(s)
- CTC correlation [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI ]To correlate CTC detection rate at baseline and/or week 18 with RFI, IDFS, DFS, OS
- safety (cardiac) [ Time Frame: 2 years after LPI ]To assess safety, especially cardiac safety, of trastuzumab in women with HER2 negative primary tumors and CTC

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Written informed consent must be given according to ICH/GCP, and national/local regulations
- Availability of peripheral blood draw for CTC blood test
- Tumor block or minimum 10 unstained slides of 4 μm of primary tumor must be available prior to registration for centralized HER2 testing
- ER status available
- Adequately excised non-metastatic and non-relapsed operable primary invasive HER2-negative adeno-carcinoma of the breast *:
- the patient should have completed either
- adjuvant chemotherapy or
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy; in this case residual invasive disease in breast or lymph nodes is required (no complete pathological response) no further adjuvant chemotherapy treatment planned. Prior chemotherapy with doxorubicin restricted to a total dose of 360 mg/m2 or with epirubicin restricted to a total dose of 720 mg/m2 is allowed
- No prior use of anti-HER2 therapy for any reason or immunotherapy for BC
- No concomitant use of bisphosphonate therapy or denosumab for any reason. Prior use of these agents is allowed provided that last treatment has been received at least 4 weeks before registration in the study
- No prior mediastinal irradiation except internal mammary node irradiation for the present BC
- Concomitant adjuvant hormonal therapy or radiotherapy (if applicable) is allowed upon physician's choice
- The interval between definitive surgery (neoadjuvant population) or end of adjuvant chemotherapy (adjuvant population) and registration must be at least 3 weeks but no more than 24 weeks
- No evidence of unresolved or unstable toxicity from prior surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- No history of prior invasive breast carcinoma, except for the BC diagnosed and treated before entry. Unifocal or multifocal unilateral (one breast) or unifocal or multifocal synchronous bilateral breast (both breasts) cancer are acceptable if all invasive tumor foci are HER2- negative. History of previous ductal carcinoma in situ is allowed
- No history of any malignant neoplasms in the past 5 years except for curatively treated basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
- No prior autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation
- No history of serious cardiac illness or medical conditions, including but not confined to:
- History of documented congestive heart failure
- High risk uncontrolled arrhythmias
- Angina pectoris requiring anti-anginal medication
- Clinically significant valvular heart disease
- Evidence of transmural infarction on ECG
- Poorly controlled hypertension (e.g. systolic > 180 mm Hg or diastolic > 100 mm Hg)
- No history of other concurrent serious diseases that may interfere with planned treatment, including severe pulmonary conditions
- Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration
- WHO performance status 0-1
- No concurrent participation in another trial
- No clinically significant active infections

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01548677

Principal Investigator: | Michail Ignatiadis, MD | Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium | |
Study Chair: | Martine Piccart, MD | Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium | |
Study Chair: | Christos Sotiriou, MD | Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium | |
Study Chair: | Jean-Yves Pierga, MD | Institut Curie, Paris, France | |
Study Chair: | Brigitte Rack, MD | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen - Klinik und Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe - Innenstadt, Munich, Germany |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01548677 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
EORTC-90091-10093 2009-017485-23 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | March 8, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 13, 2019 |
Last Verified: | March 2019 |
Circulating Tumour Cells HER2 negative primary breast cancer HER2 positive CTC Trastuzumab |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplastic Cells, Circulating Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |
Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplastic Processes Pathologic Processes Trastuzumab Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents |