Enzalutamide and Paclitaxel before Surgery in Treating Patients with Stage I-III Androgen Receptor-Positive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• Signed written informed consent
• Patients with histologically confirmed intact primary cancer that is confirmed invasive carcinoma of the breast, with at least 1.0 cm residual disease as measured by mammography, ultrasound, or breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after neoadjuvant anthracycline based chemotherapy
• Triple-negative breast cancer defined as estrogen receptor (ER) < 10%; progesterone receptor (PR) < 10% by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) 0-1+ by IHC or 2+, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) non-amplified
• Androgen receptor will be quantified using a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-compliant assay for AR on a biopsy specimen obtained prior to initiation of treatment; AR-positivity is defined as >= 10% of nuclear staining
• American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition stage I-III breast cancer
• Men or women 18 years of age or older
• Patients must have a performance status of 0 - 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance scale
• Negative serum or urine pregnancy test must be done within 72 hours before the first dose of the study medication for women of childbearing potential as per institutional guidelines; post-menopausal women (defines as no menses for at least 1 year) and surgically sterilized women are not required to undergo pregnancy test
• Men on study must use a condom if having sex with a pregnant woman
• Male patient and his female partner who is of childbearing potential must use 2 acceptable methods of birth control (one of which must include a condom as a barrier method of contraception) starting at screening and continuing throughout the study period and for 3 months after final study drug administration
• Absolute neutrophil count >= to 1,500 /uL
• Platelets >= 100,000 /uL
• Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL
• Creatinine clearance >= 50 ml/min
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.5 X ULN

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who have received any previous antitumor therapies (other than anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the current cancer event)
• Female patients must not be breast-feeding at screening or planning to become pregnant during the course of therapy
• Patients having major surgery within 21 days before cycle 1, day 1
• Patients with known history of hypersensitivity to paclitaxel that did not resolve with pre-medication
• Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction < 50% or 10% decrease from baseline on echocardiogram after anthracycline based chemotherapy
• Patients with gastrointestinal impairment that would affect the absorption of enzalutamide or previous history of colitis
• Subjects requiring daily corticosteroids, other than those given as premedication for the anthracycline-based chemotherapy
• Patients with known or suspected brain metastasis or active leptomeningeal disease
• History of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure (e.g., prior cortical stroke, significant brain trauma) at any time in the past; also, history of loss of consciousness or transient ischemic attack within 12 months of day 1 visit
• Myocardial infarction within 6 months before starting therapy, symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association > class II), unstable angina, or unstable cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication