ABemacicliB or Abemaciclib and HydroxYchloroquine to Target Minimal Residual Disease in Breast Cancer
A Phase II Pilot Trial of ABemacicliB or Abemaciclib and HydroxYchloroquine to Target Minimal Residual Disease in Breast Cancer Patients ("ABBY")
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
44 participants
Nov 1, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a Phase II randomized, controlled, open label breast cancer clinical trial. 66 patients will be enrolled. The drugs being studied are hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) and abemaciclib (also Verzenio). This research study is testing whether using these drugs to target the disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow can reduce their number or eliminate them. Both hydroxychloroquine and abemaciclib are pills that will be taken twice daily. Both are approved by the FDA
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Interventions
Oral CDK4/6 inhibitor to target bone marrow disseminated tumor cells (DTCs)
Oral autophagy inhibitor to target bone marrow disseminated tumor cells (DTCs)
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NCT04523857