A Phase 2, Open-Label Study of PCS6422 With Capecitabine in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Sponsor: Processa Pharmaceuticals (industry)

Phase: 2

Start date: Oct. 2, 2024

Planned enrollment: 90

Trial ID: NCT06568692
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Goal: Assess whether PCS6422 plus low-dose capecitabine improves tumor response while maintaining acceptable safety compared with standard-dose capecitabine in advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Patients: Adults with unresectable advanced or metastatic triple-negative or HR-positive, ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer; measurable disease; ECOG performance status 0–1; and adequate organ function. Other treatment options, including anthracyclines or taxanes, must not be indicated. Patients with near-complete DPD deficiency or significant cardiac disease are excluded.

Design: Adaptive, open-label, randomized, multicenter study comparing up to two combination regimens with capecitabine alone.

Treatments: The experimental arms give a single 40 mg dose of PCS6422 with capecitabine 150 mg twice daily for 7 days, or 225 mg or 75 mg twice daily for 7 days. PCS6422 (eniluracil) irreversibly inhibits dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), reducing breakdown of 5-fluorouracil generated from capecitabine. In a small phase 1b study in advanced gastrointestinal cancers, 2 of 13 response-evaluable patients had a partial response; these results do not establish benefit in breast cancer or superiority to capecitabine alone. The comparator is standard-dose capecitabine, an oral chemotherapy prodrug, at 1,000 mg/m² twice daily.

Outcomes: Primary measures are confirmed objective response rate by RECIST 1.1 and the frequency, duration, and severity of adverse events. Secondary measures include disease control rate, duration of response, time to response, and progression-free survival.

Burden on patient: Likely moderate: treatment is oral, but patients must attend screening and treatment visits, undergo laboratory monitoring and imaging for response assessment, and may be followed for up to 24 weeks after treatment. The provided protocol does not specify intensive pharmacokinetic sampling or mandatory research biopsies, so a higher procedural burden cannot be assumed.

Last updated: Sep 2026

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Arizona Oncology Associates

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FOMAT Medical Research

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AP Medical Research

Miami, Florida, 33165, United States

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Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

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Northwest Cancer Center

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University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC)

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

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Gabrail Cancer Center Research

Canton, Ohio, 44718, United States

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SCRI Oncology Partners

Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

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Texas Oncology PA (Austin)

Austin, Texas, 78731, United States

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Texas Oncology PA (San Antonio)

San Antonio, Texas, 78240, United States

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