Clinical trial NCT04227327: Study Evaluating Abemaciclib + Aromatase Inhibitors in HR+, HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer Patients (HERMIONE-7)
Official title: A Phase 2, Open Label, Multicenter, Single Arm Trial Evaluating the Activity and Safety of Abemaciclib + Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs) After 1st-line Treatment With High-Dose Fulvestrant in Hormone-Receptor-Positive (HR+), Human-Epidermal-Growth-factor-negative (HER2-) Advanced Breast Cancer Patients. The HERMIONE-7 Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Advanced Breast Cancer
Keywords: abemaciclib
Hormone-Receptor-Positive (HR+)
Human-Epidermal-Growth-factor-negative (HER2-)
Lead sponsor: University of Milano Bicocca
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-01-13
Enrollment: 31
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The HERMIONE-7 trial is a phase II, single-arm, open-label, multicenter study in HR+, HER2- advanced breast cancer patients who have received HD-FUL as first-line endocrine treatment for their metastatic disease. Patients will receive aromatase inhibitors plus Abemaciclib.

Detailed description: Hormone receptor positive tumors represent the most common form of breast cancer and account for most of the deaths from the disease. Endocrine therapy (ET) represents the main initial therapeutic strategy for these patients and has been associated with significant clinical benefits in the majority of them.

Key-Topics for rationale:

* Fulvestrant, an Estrogen-Receptor (ER) antagonist with no known agonist effects, suppresses estrogen signaling by binding to and degrading the ER. Fulvestrant was approved as a monthly 250 mg dosing regimen based on TTP data demonstrating non-inferiority versus anastrozole in postmenopausal women whose advanced breast cancer had progressed during prior anti-estrogen therapy.
* The international CONFIRM trial compared Fulvestrant 500 mg (High-Dose Fulvestrant HD-FUL: Fulvestrant 500 mg every month with an additional 500 mg loading dose on Day 14 of the first month) with the monthly 250 mg dose and demonstrated that HD-FUL mg was associated with improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in postmenopausal women with ER-positive (ER+) advanced breast cancer whose disease had recurred or progressed after prior endocrine therapy.
* The FALCON study evaluated the efficacy and safety of HD-FUL in comparison to anastrozole in HR+, HER2- recurrent or metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. Median duration of PFS with HD-FUL was 16·6 months (95% CI 13·83-20·99) in the whole population and 22.3 months (95% CI 16·62-32·79) in the non-visceral one. Grade 3 or worse adverse events were reported by 51 (22%) of 228 patients receiving HD-FUL.
* Palbociclib, Abemaciclib and Ribociclib + Fulvestrant are superior to Fulvestrant alone in terms of PFS (PALOMA-3: 9.5 vs 4.6 months; MONARCH-2: 16.4 vs 9.3; MONALEESA-3: 20.5 vs 12.8) in patients who have received prior endocrine therapy for advanced disease or have relapsed during or within 1 month from adjuvant therapy.
* A descriptive study analyzed European treatment patterns for HR-positive MBC patients in real-world clinical practice in the years 2004 - 2013 showed that Fulvestrant was the initial therapy for advanced disease in 0.8 - 2.6% of the patients. However, the ongoing real-world GIM-13 AMBRA study showed that in Italy this percentage has grown up to 30%.

At the moment, no data are available regarding the activity of CDK 4/6 inhibitors in patients treated with HD-FUL as 1st-line therapy, nor are there ongoing trials in this setting.

The aim of this study is to describe the activity of Abemaciclib + aromatase inhibitors (AIs - letrozole or anastrozole) in HD-FUL pre-treated MBC patients in terms of Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR).

This is a phase II, single-arm, open-label, multicenter study in HR+, HER2- advanced breast cancer patients who have received HD-FUL as first-line endocrine treatment for their metastatic disease. Patients will receive aromatase inhibitors plus Abemaciclib.. Abemaciclib will be administered orally at 150 mg twice daily until evidence of disease recurrence or other discontinuation criteria are met, whichever occurs first, together with AIs, as per specific product instructions. The Simon's optimal two-stage design will be used for the conduction of the trial.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Female ≥ 18 years of age regardless of menopausal status, who have relapsed while on prior first-line therapy with HD-FUL
2. Patients with advanced (loco-regionally recurrent, or metastatic) breast cancer not amenable to curative therapy.
3. Patient has a histological and/or cytological confirmed diagnosis of estrogen-receptor positive and/or progesterone receptor positive breast cancer by local laboratory.
4. Patient has HER2-negative breast cancer defined as a negative in situ hybridization test or an IHC status of 0, 1+ or 2+. If IHC is 2+, a negative in situ hybridization (FISH, CISH, or SISH) test is required by local laboratory testing.
5. WHO performance status of 0-2
6. Measurable disease (according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors \[RECIST\], version 1.1) or at least one lytic bone lesion
7. The patient is able to swallow oral medications.
8. The patient has adequate organ function
9. Patient has signed ICF (ICF) obtained before any trial-related activities Patients must be able to communicate with the investigator and comply with the requirements of the study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient has a known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of Abemaciclib or letrozole/anastrozole
2. Patient who received any CDK4/6 inhibitor
3. Patient who received \> 1 prior systemic hormonal therapy for advanced breast cancer; the only admitted previous therapy as 1st-line treatment is HD FUL. Note: Patients who received ≤ 28 days of letrozole or anastrozole for advanced disease prior to inclusion in this trial are eligible.
4. Patient who has not had resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior anti-cancer therapy to NCI CTCAE version 4.03 Grade ≤ 1 (except alopecia or other toxicities not considered a safety risk for the patient at investigator's discretion)
5. Patient who has received extended-field radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks or limited field radiotherapy for palliation ≤ 2 weeks prior to start of treatment, and who has not recovered to grade 1 or better from related side effects of such therapy (with the exception of alopecia or other toxicities not considered a safety risk for the patient at the investigator's discretion).
6. Patients from whom ≥ 25% (Ellis RE 1961) of the bone marrow has been previously irradiated are also excluded.
7. Patient has a concurrent malignancy or malignancy within 3 years prior to starting study drug, with the exception of treated, basal or squamous cell carcinoma, non melanomatous skin cancer or curatively resected cervical cancer.
8. Patient with central nervous system (CNS) metastases unless they meet ALL of the following criteria:

   1. At least 4 weeks from prior therapy for CNS disease completion (including radiation and/or surgery) to starting the study treatment
   2. Clinically stable CNS lesions at the time of study treatment initiation and not receiving steroids and/or enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic medications for the management of brain metastases for at least 2 weeks
9. Patient has impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs (e.g., uncontrolled ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection, or preexisting Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or a preexisting chronic condition resulting in baseline Grade 2 or higher diarrhea)
10. Patient has a known history of HIV infection (testing not mandatory)
11. The patient has serious preexisting medical condition(s) that, in the judgment of the investigator, would preclude participation in this study (such as severe renal impairment, \[for example, estimated creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min\], interstitial lung disease, sever dyspnea at rest or requiring oxygen therapy
12. The patient has a personal history of any of the following conditions: syncope of cardiovascular etiology, ventricular arrhythmia of pathological origin (including, but not limited to, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation), or sudden cardiac arrest. Exception: patients with controlled atrial fibrillation for \>30 days prior to randomization are eligible. Any patient with a history of VTE (for example, DVT of the leg or arm and/or PE) will be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Clinical benefit rate (CBR) in HD-FUL pre-treated MBC patients treated with Abemaciclib + aromatase inhibitors (letrozole or anastrozole)
timeFrame: At 6 months from treatment initiation
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Time To Progression (TTP)
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 42 months
measure: Overall Response Rate (ORR)
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 42 months
measure: Duration of Overall Response (DoOR)
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 42 months
measure: Duration of Clinical Benefit (DoCB)
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 42 months
measure: To assess the safety profile of Abemaciclib in association with aromatase inhibitors (letrozole or anastrozole)
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 42 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ancona
country: Italy
facility: AOU ospedali riuniti Ancona clinica oncologica
city: Asti
country: Italy
facility: ASL di Asti D.H. - oncologia
city: Bari
country: Italy
facility: IRCCS Istituto Oncologico Giovanni Paolo II
city: Barletta
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Monsignor Dimiccoli
city: Belluno
country: Italy
facility: ULSS 1 Belluno Ospedale San Martino
city: Brescia
country: Italy
facility: ASST degli Spedali civili
city: Casale Monferrato
country: Italy
facility: ASL AL - Ospedale "Santo Spirito"
city: Como
country: Italy
facility: ASST Lariana
city: Cremona
country: Italy
facility: ASST Cremona Istituti ospitalieri Cremona
city: Cuneo
country: Italy
facility: AO S. Croce e Carle Ospedale di Insegnamento
city: Desio
country: Italy
facility: ASST Monza, Ospedale di Desio
city: Feltre
country: Italy
facility: ULSS1 Dolomiti - Ospedale di Feltre
city: Ferrara
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara
city: Gallarate
country: Italy
facility: Azienda ospedaliera S. Antonio abate
city: Guastalla
country: Italy
facility: AUSL di Reggio Emilia clinica oncologica Guastalla
city: Lecce
country: Italy
facility: Azienda ospedaliera cardinale Giovanni Panico
city: Lecco
country: Italy
facility: ASST Lecco
city: Livorno
country: Italy
facility: AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest Livorno
city: Meldola
country: Italy
facility: Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS
city: Monza
country: Italy
facility: ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo
city: Padova
country: Italy
facility: Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS
city: Palermo
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale La Maddalena
city: Palermo
country: Italy
facility: Policlinico universitario di Palermo - oncologia medica
city: Pavia
country: Italy
facility: IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri
city: Piacenza
country: Italy
facility: AUSL di Piacenza Ospedale "Guglielmo da Saliceto"
city: Reggio Emilia
country: Italy
facility: Arcispedale S. Maria nuova
city: Rho
country: Italy
facility: ASST Rhodense ospedale di circolo Rho
city: Rimini
country: Italy
facility: AUSL Romagna ospedale di Rimini
city: Roma
country: Italy
facility: Istituto Nazionale dei tumori Regina Elena- oncologia medica A
city: Roma
country: Italy
facility: Istituto Nazionale dei tumori Regina Elena- oncologia medica B
city: Rozzano
country: Italy
facility: Humanitas research hospital
city: Salerno
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Ruggi d'Aragona
city: Saronno
country: Italy
facility: ASST Valle Olona P.O. SARONNO
city: Torino
country: Italy
facility: A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
city: Torino
country: Italy
facility: AOU Città della salute e della scienza - Breast Unit
city: Torino
country: Italy
facility: ASL Torino presidio ospedaliero Martini
city: Trento
country: Italy
facility: APSS provincia autonoma di Trento Ospedale di Trento
city: Varese
country: Italy
facility: ASST Settelaghi Varese
city: Verona
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
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