LifEStyle Intervention to Enhance Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients With Triple Negative Breast Cancer

The exercise regimen consists of a non-linear aerobic exercise program of 3-4 sessions per week. During days of FMD no exercise will be prescribed.

The FMD is a plant-based, low-carbohydrate, low-caloric diet of 4 days , with the fourth day being the day of chemo/immunotherapy. A total of 6 FMD cycles will be administered over the treatment period of 20 weeks.

Four cycles of an intravenous infusion of pembrolizumab (200 mg) once every 3 weeks plus paclitaxel (80 mg per square meter of body-surface area once weekly) plus carboplatin (at a dose based on an area under the concentration-time curve of 1.5 mg per milliliter per minute) once weekly in the first 12 weeks, followed by four cycles of epirubicin (90 mg per square meter) plus cyclophosphamide (600 mg per square meter) once every 2 weeks plus pembrolizumab 400mg every 6 weeks or pembrolizumab 200mg every 3 weeks in the subsequent 8 weeks.