Inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and study summary
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) can have a high/moderate risk of returning (relapsing) after standard treatment; usually within the first 2 years after finishing treatment. In some patients with TNBC who receive chemotherapy before surgery, if there is cancer remaining after chemotherapy (called residual disease) that risk of relapse is higher. PHOENIX aims to investigate the biology of this residual disease in the 2-week time window between completing chemotherapy and surgery to see if giving trial treatment in this window changes the biology of the cancer. TNBC patients who have cancer remaining at their mid-point assessment during chemotherapy will be invited to register for PHOENIX. After registration, a post-chemotherapy MRI scan will confirm presence of residual disease and eligible patients will be randomly allocated into a cohort: Cohort A: standard care (no trial treatment) Cohort B: AZD6738 Cohort C: olaparib Cohort D: durvalumab A pre-treatment research biopsy and blood sample will be collected, followed by trial treatment before surgery. After trial treatment, a second research biopsy and blood sample will be collected. Pre- and post-treatment samples will be compared to see if there is a difference that may provide an early signal that warrants further investigation of the trial treatment. Patients may resume trial treatment after surgery for a period of 12 months (adjuvant treatment) to investigate whether any signals seen in the tumour/blood after short exposure to trial treatment prior to surgery are also seen after longer exposure to trial treatment in the adjuvant setting.