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Avelumab With Binimetinib, Sacituzumab Govitecan, or Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Stage IV or Unresectable, Recurrent Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Is NCT03971409 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies multiple treatments for stage iii breast cancer.

Phase 2RecruitingLaura Huppert, MD, BANCT03971409Data as of May 2026

Treatment: Anti-OX40 Antibody PF-04518600 · Avelumab · Binimetinib · Utomilumab · Liposomal Doxorubicin · Sacituzumab GovitecanThis phase II trial studies how well the combination of avelumab with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan works in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer that is stage IV or is not able to be removed by surgery (unresectable) and has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors like avelumab require activation of the patient's immune system. This trial includes a two week induction or lead-in of medications that can stimulate the immune system. It is our hope that this induction will improve the response to immunotherapy with avelumab. One treatment, sacituzumab Govitecan, is a monoclonal antibody called sacituzumab linked to a chemotherapy drug called SN-38. Sacituzumab govitecan is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TROP2) receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Another treatment, liposomal doxorubicin, is a form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles. It may have fewer side effects and work better than doxorubicin, and may enhance factors associated with immune response. The third medication is called binimetinib, which may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth, and may help activate the immune system. It is not yet known whether giving avelumab in combination with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan will work better in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Breast Carcinoma

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Biomarker criteria

Required: ESR1 negative (≤ 5% cells by IHC) (≤ 5% cells by IHC)

Estrogen receptor (ER)/progesterone receptor (PR)-negative (≤ 5% cells) by immunohistochemistry (IHC)

Required: PR (PGR) negative (≤ 5% cells by IHC) (≤ 5% cells by IHC)

Estrogen receptor (ER)/progesterone receptor (PR)-negative (≤ 5% cells) by immunohistochemistry (IHC)

Required: HER2 (ERBB2) negative (negative by IHC or FISH)

human epidermal grow (HER2) negative (by IHC or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH))

Required: PD-L1 (CD274) tested (known tumor/immune cell PD-L1 status by any assay)

Known tumor/immune cell PD-L1 status by any assay

Disease stage

Required: Stage IV

Performance status

ECOG 0–1(Restricted strenuous activity)

Prior therapy

Max 2 prior lines

Cannot have received: checkpoint inhibitor

Exception: ≤ 1 prior line of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in the metastatic setting allowed

More than 1 prior line of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in the metastatic setting

Cannot have received: chemotherapy

Exception: ≤ 2 lines of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting allowed

More than 2 lines of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting

Cannot have received: antibody-drug conjugate (sacituzumab govitecan)

Prior treatment with sacituzumab, govitecan

Lab requirements

Blood counts

ANC ≥ 1.0 x 10^9/L (may have received growth factor); Platelets ≥ 100 x 10^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (may have been transfused)

Kidney function

Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault equation)

Liver function

Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN; AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN (or ≤ 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present)

Cardiac function

Cardiac ejection fraction at or above the institutional lower limit of normal, as assessed by echocardiogram or MUGA scan

Adequate organ function including: Cardiac ejection fraction at or above the institutional lower limit of normal, as assessed by either echocardiogram or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan; ANC ≥ 1.0 x 10^9/L (may have received growth factor); Platelets ≥ 100 x 10^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (may have been transfused); Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN; AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN (or ≤ 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present); Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min as calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equation; PT/INR ≤ 1.5 x ULN; Amylase ≤ 1 x ULN testing is only required in patients with a history of pancreatic disorders (Abnormality not of pancreatic origin is allowed); Participants with treated and controlled hypo or hyperthyroidism are eligible.

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US trial sites

  • O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center · Birmingham, Alabama
  • University of California, San Francisco · San Francisco, California
  • Georgetown University · Washington D.C., District of Columbia
  • University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center · Evergreen Park, Illinois
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, Maryland

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