Veliparib and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-04-12
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of veliparib when given together
with carboplatin and to see how well they work in treating patients with human epidermal
growth factor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
Carboplatin kills cancer cells by damaging the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that lets the
cancer cell survive and reproduce. The body has proteins that try to repair the damaged DNA.
Veliparib may prevent these proteins from repairing the DNA so that carboplatin may be able
to kill more tumor cells. Giving veliparib with carboplatin may kill more tumor cells than
carboplatin alone.